Update.. Another squall has dropped a few tenths so now everything but the street is white and even that is partially covered. I remember Easter of '85 and it was a roasting 85 degrees where I was in eastern Allegan county. Those were the days. White Easters are a horrid thing.

Warmest morning of the month so far...41. Looks like a nice sunrise coming too.

If GR's avg high temp is just 53F than mine here in Harrison must be mid-40's. Gotten spoiled with these warmer springs in this warm globe era. I'm sure there's been many years past when we would still be locked in real winter at this point. 1982 would be one for sure. 2014 likely another in more recent memory.

Happy (frigid) Easter! Light dusting has roof tops whitened here. Some car tops too. But also hints of blue sky between. Hoping for more of that than clouds after endless overcast and soggy days. Now that snow is down to remnant plow piles, I don't mind the chill if it comes with sunshine. Harrison does actually have hints of green grass and I noticed other signs of spring-time life like perennials just pushing up thru the ground. These are not early bulb flowers but rather plants that will bloom later into summer. On a side note, my fave youtuber (automotive themed) recorded an episode sometime over the winter and he had to make a road trip up to NMI. Came right past Harrison and even filmed a gas-up stop in Grayling at the new Mitten Mart. I recognized the Family Fare with the Starbucks logo right away - it's where I grab my early morning lattes when I'm in the mood. My firm is right around the corner - p'cool to see.

Happy Easter! Here in MBY I recorded .074” of rainfall overnight and this morning there is some light snow falling. The current temperature here in my yard is 37 with that light snow falling. Officially at GRR a record rainfall occurred yesterday with 1.53” of rainfall. The next 3 days will be on the cold side with highs only in the 40’s and on Tuesday the low 40’s will be the best we can do. There is a chance of rain and snow showers as well. KEY MESSAGES COLD AND UNSETTLED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND QUIET MID-WEEK MORE CHANCES FOR RAIN LATE WEEK The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 57/38 there was a record rainfall of 1.53” the highest wind speed was 36 MPH out of the W. For today the average H/L is 53/33 the record high of 81 was in 1988 the coldest high of 27 was in 1982 the record low of 12 was in 1995 the warmest low of 65 was in 1929. The most rainfall of 1.87” was in 1947 the most snowfall of 8.6” was in 1952 the most snow on the ground was 6” in 1975. The sunrise today is at 7:17AM and the sunset time is 8:13 PM. Some weather history for April 5th 1955 The Northern Rockies and the Northern High Plains were in the midst of a four day storm which produced 52 inches of snow at Lead, located in the Black Hills of western South Dakota. (David Ludlum) 1988 Thirty-nine cities across the eastern half of the country reported record high temperatures for the date, including Saint Louis MO with a reading of 91 degrees. Laredo TX was the hot spot in the nation with an afternoon high of 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)