2024 will soon come to an end. We now turn our attention to January and a new year. With the new month and new year, it is time to take a look at some January averages and some past records. In looking at January’s averages one can see that it has been getting warmer. The current 30 year average temperature at Grand Rapids is 24.8° the average total precipitation is 2.52” and the average snowfall is 22.6”. The shorter 15 year average has the mean average temperature of 25.6° precipitation 2.74” and snowfall 20.9” The average temperature over the last 10 years is 26.1° the average precipitation is 2.62” and the snowfall is 19.4” in looking back at the 1981/2010 average the mean temperature was 24.4° the precipitation was 2.62” and snowfall was 19.4” So yes January is getting warmer here in Grand Rapids. The 5 warmest January’s are 1. (34.2 in 1932) 2. (34.0 in 1933) 3. (33.2 in 2006) 4. (32.0 in 1990) 5. (31.7 in 2023) The coldest top 5 are 1. (11.8 in 1912) 2. (12.5 in 1918) 3. (12.7 in 1977) 4. (14.5 in 1994) 5. (15.8 in 1963) The warmest day was 66 on January 25, 1950 it has gotten to 60 or better in 9 years. The record low of -22 was set on January 30, 1951, and January 9, 1994. It has not gotten to -20 or colder since that day in 1994. The wettest January was in 2005 with 4.67” of precipitation the driest was in 1956 with just 0.29” of precipitation. As for snowfall the top 5 snowiest January’s are 1. (46.8” in 1999) 2. (45.5” in 1997) 3 (45.5” in 1979) 4. (45.0” in 1918) 5. (44.2” in 2004) The least snowfall 1. (0.8” in 1933) 2. (1.2” in 1921) 3. (1.4” in 1932) 4. (3.2” in 1932) 5. (3.7” in 1944)

The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 47/39 there was 0.19” of rainfall there was no snowfall. There is no snow on the ground. The day had no sunshine. For today the average H/L is 3/22 the record high of 65 was in 1984 the coldest high of 9 was in 1924. The record low was -10 in 2017, the warmest low of 44 was in 1984. The wettest was 0.90” in 2015 the most snowfall of 5.4” was in 1999 the most snow on the ground was 22” in 1951. We only have 4 more days to go for December, 2024 the mean so far is 30.3 that is a departure of -0.6 there has been a total precipitation of 1.85” that is a departure of -0.31” the total snowfall is 19.7 that is a departure of +2.0” It looks like December 2024 will end up very close to average in temperature and snowfall.

Better luck with the Night Shift 6z GFS in 15 minutes. I won't be here for it though. Good night

You can't have lame without AL.

Kind of looks like a fetus.