Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there! We should see a great weather day for all of you with highs in the mid 70's. There could be some showers developing late in the afternoon and into the evening. Back to cooler than normal temperatures the rest of the upcoming work week before we warm up by next weekend. Our best rain chances after later today will be Wednesday into Thursday.
Hope the weather cooperates. June can be scorching hot in the valleys while hot but manageable in the alpine. Alternatively, cut-off cold-core lows with rain are also common in May & June. B.C. & AB are stunning, says this Albertan BC resident.
With clear skies and a calm wind, it got down to 34 here this morning. I do not see any frost in my yard, but it is still cold out. The next 3 days continue to look very cold for May with highs about 10° below average. There is once again a chance of frost tonight and Monday night with lows in the 30’s. For the next week there is just one good chance for showers and that comes Tuesday night. At this time it looks to warmup by next weekend. But continues to look dry.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 66/45 there was a trace of rainfall the highest wind gust was 37 MPH out of the SW light rain was the only weather event for the day. For today the average H/L is 68/47 the record high of 89 was in 1896, the coldest recorded high was 46 in 1907 the record low of 22 was in 1966 the warmest low of 70 was in 1979. The most rainfall of 3.57” was in 1981 the most snowfall of 5.5” was in 1902 (note there high for the day in 1902 is missing) the low for that day was 31.
Some weather history for May 10th 1990 A spring storm produced heavy snow in Upper Michigan and eastern Wisconsin. Totals ranged up to 12 inches at Marquette MI, with eight inches reported at Muskego WI and Hartford WI. The heavy wet snow, and winds gusting to 35 mph, damaged or destroyed thousands of trees, and downed numerous power lines. Total damage from the storm was more than four million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) also in Michigan 1902 A snowstorm drops from 1 to 6 inches of slushy snow across Lower Michigan. The four inches of snow at Muskegon is the latest measurable snow on record there 5.5” of snow fell in Grand Rapids.