Here is some weather history for New Years Day in southern Lower Michigan. 1876: The year begins during a three day spell of record warmth. Lansing hits 65 degrees, after setting a record of 70 degrees the day before. 1964: Arctic air sets record lows across Lower Michigan on this New Year’s Day. The temperature falls to 15 below zero at Grand Rapids and Muskegon hits 9 below. 1985: A severe ice storm struck southern Lower Michigan as a layer of ice up to one-inch thick downed tree limbs and power lines. There were three deaths and eight injuries directly related to the ice storm. Over 430,000 electrical customers were without power, some for as long as 10 days. Total damage was estimated at nearly $50 million. 1876, the new year was a nice welcome for Detroit when it came in with a record-high temperature of 65 degrees. 2008, a snowy start to the new year when a compact, but potent winter storm hit southeast Michigan. Detroit received 4 inches of snow, and Saginaw only had 2 to 3 inches, but in between a heavy band of snow left 8 to 16 inches. Storm totals included 8.6 in Flint, 10.5 in Ann Arbor, 12 in Brighton, 13.2 in White Lake, and 16 inches in Clarkston, Lake Orion, Dryden, and Capac!

The overnight low and current temperature is 33 there is some light snow falling there a trace of snow on the cars in the area. December 2024 ended with a mean of 31.3 that is a departure of +0.9 the month ended on a warm note with the last 9 days all being warmer than average. There was 19.7” of snowfall and that is -1.1” below average. There was 3.08” of rain and melted snow that is +0.60”

Happy New Year!!! The official H/L yesterday at GRR was 36/28 there was 0.10” of rainfall and a trace of snowfall. There was no sunshine. For today the average H/L is 32/21 the record high of 56 was in 1897 the coldest high of 13 was in 1968 the record low of -15 was in 1964 and 1968 the warmest low of 40 was in 1950. The wettest was 0.65” in 1965 the most snowfall of 5.7” was in 1995 the most on the ground was 12” in 2001 there were 4 other years with 11” on the ground.

Happy New Year to everyone on this Forum! The Golden Year & Era is upon us and I would like to wish you all a year filled with abundance of Health, Wealth and a lot of Love. What a time to be alive in 2025! Looks like some bonus light snow falling just north of MKE and into Lower MI...

Well since I just talked about the bust of January 2011... https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/coldest-january-since-2011-brewing-for-us-to-lead-to-multiple-winter-storms/1728003