I think Tim was always reporting about the shoreline swimming temperature. Hopefully he's not 100 feet underwater in the middle of the lake while swimming.
The rain did indeed make it up to my yard late yesterday and overnight and I recorded 0.22” of rainfall. The current and overnight low here is 56 the sky is clear here at 6:51 AM. Today all the way through Friday should see high temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s and lows in mostly in the mid to upper 50’s there are several chances of showers. The weekend looks to warm up with more summer like temperatures with highs in the 80’s and lows in the 60’s so enjoy not having to use the AC until then.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 72/51 there were 3 Heating Degree Days, there was 0.07” of rainfall before midnight. Weather conditions reported were light rain and fog. For today the average H/L is 81/60 the record high of 97 was in 1894 and 1923 the coolest high of 56 was in 1902, the record low of 39 was in 1992 the warmest low of 80 was in 2025. The most rainfall of 1.92” was in 1928. Last year the high was 94 and the low was that warmest low of 80.
Some weather history for June 22nd 1988, Sixty-five cities in twenty-four states reported record high temperatures for the date. Tucson AZ reported an all-time record high of 114 degrees, surpassing the previous record of 112 degrees established a day earlier. Highs of 98 degrees at Pittsburgh, PA, and 100 degrees at Baltimore, MD, tied records for the month of June. (The National Weather Summary) Here in Michigan 1957, At least four weak tornadoes hit southern Lower Michigan. At Hudsonville in Ottawa County, damage is down to a warehouse. A barn is destroyed near Pinconning in Bay County. Several barns are damaged or destroyed in Berrien and Cass Counties. Trees are taken down at Dumont Lake in Allegan County. 1992, One of the coldest summers on record in west Michigan got off to a freezing start with frost and freezing temperatures across the region. At Muskegon the temperature plummeted to 32 degrees. It was the latest freezing temperature on record there.