Some weather history for today across Michigan. 1950: Warm weather starts the month with temperatures around 80 degrees across Lower Michigan. Lansing sets their record high for November at 81 degrees. 1976: Cold weather will rule this month across Lower Michigan. Grand Rapids sets a record low of 21 degrees to start the coldest November on record there. On November 1, 1950, the temperature rose to 81 degrees in Detroit, 79 in Flint, and 80 in Saginaw. All three cities recorded their maximum temperatures for the month of November. The Flint record would later be broken in 2015.

Welcome to November. The summery for October 2024 at Grand Rapids the mean for the month was 54.4° that is a departure of +3.4. The high for the month was 79 on the 11th 29th and 30th new record highs were set on the 29th and 30th the low for the month was 29 on the 27th a new record warmest low of 65 was set on the 30th. There were 12 days with highs of 70 or better. There was 1.28” of rainfall that is a departure of -2.74” there was no snowfall. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 70/47 it was the 9th warmest Halloween and the warmest since 1979. there was 0.02” of rainfall the highest wind was 46 MPH out of the W. There was just 2% of possible sunshine. For today the average H/L is 57/37 the record high of 81 was set in 1950 the record low of 21 was set in 1976. The most rainfall of 1.24” fell in 1982 the most snowfall of 4.0” fell in 1912.

What surprises me is year after year the ACE for that part of the world remains around 50% of normal. It seems like there are some strong typhoons making landfall commonly, for such a below average statistic.

That's the most extreme a drought map has been since 2002. We've had dry in the SW, US, but it's never been that widespread before in 20+ years, although the overall state is still fairly weak.

Happy November! 7am, and it's 63 degrees. I have the windows open, enjoying the warm, humid air. It got up to 80 yesterday, and looks to get close to that again today.