I cut the lawn for the 2nd time this season yesterday, with all the rain we have gotten it had grown a lot. The overnight low here in my yard was 48 and at 8AM it is cloudy and 50. Today looks to be mostly cloudy with a high in the mid 50’s there could be some showers. Tonight, could see some clearing and lows in the mid 30’s. The colder temperatures start tomorrow with highs in the low 50’s and lows in the low 30’s. There is a good chance of frost and freezing temperatures at night on Friday. Highs will be only in the upper 40’s to low 50’s at best. It should be a little warmer at the start of next week with temperatures nearer to average.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 61/47 there was a trace of rainfall. The highest wind gust was 36 MPH out of the SW. Some weather conditions reported were light rain and fog. For today the average H/L is 64/43 the record high is 90 set in 1899 that is also the record high for the month of April at Grand Rapids. The coldest high of 36 was in 1909 the record low of 28 was in 1977, 1979 and 2012 the warmest low of 70 was in 1899. The wettest was 2.53” in 1909 and that day also had the most snowfall of 2.2” for what must have been a very nasty April day.
Some weather history for April 29th 1910 The temperature at Kansas City, MO, soared to 95 degrees to establish a record for the month of April. Four days earlier the afternoon high in Kansas City was 44 degrees, following a record cold morning low of 34 degrees. (The Weather Channel) (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas, with more than 70 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Softball size hail was reported at Palestine TX. Hail as large as tennis balls caused ten million dollars damage around Pine Bluff AR. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)