Exactly, I figured we were gonna be lucky to pull down 0.25" given the usual trend of the 10th percentile or less being the rule of thumb for non-winter precip here. Of course when it's a destructive ice storm we will see 2.25" of that. But also usully significant amounts of snow in the rare snowfall instances.

Yeah, not too many people really boat on Lake Michigan, but the lakes all around there are truly incredible. Some of the best in the world for summer boating imo. The water feels downright tropical, and they have some of the clearest lakes in the world up there. This is Crystal Lake, about 45 min west of Traverse City: PXL_20250715_164009533.mp4 And a bonus Lake Michigan + Sleeping Bear Dunes shot:

Yeah I couldn't believe it when I checked rainfall totals this morning and saw I'd topped just about everyone except some coast range and Cascade stations. Rare indeed, as I'm usually in the bottom 25%.

Not something you see every day.

Y'all did way better than here. We're at 0.68" for the day. There were periods of rain stopping at times overnight.