Here in my yard, there was 014” of rainfall yesterday. The overnight low and current temperature here is 62 with a DP of 60. Today looks to have clearing skies with a high in the mid 70’s tonight the skies should be partly cloudy with a low in the mid 50’s. Tomorrow should be mostly cloudy with a high in the upper 70’s tomorrow nigh the low looks to be around 60. The weekend looks summer like with highs on Saturday in the low 80’s and warming to the upper 80’s on Sunday. Lows should be around 60 on Saturday night warming to around 70 Sunday night. Then on Monday a major pattern chance with highs in the mid 90’s and lows in the mid 70’s, after this recent cool spell it will feel very hot.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 67/52 there were 5 Heating Degree Days, there was 0.21” of rainfall. The day had rain, light rain and fog. That high of 67 was the 4th coolest high for any June 24th at Grand Rapids. For today the average H/L is 82/61 the record high of 97 was in 1988 the coolest high of 64 was in 1958 the record low of 41 was in 1986 the warmest low of 77 was in 1998 the most rainfall of 2.17” was in 2021. Last year the H/L was 78/67 and there was 0.53” of rainfall.
Some weather history for June 25th 1988, Fifty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 100 degrees at Erie, PA, and 104 degrees at Cleveland OH established all- time records for those two locations. Highs of 101 degrees at Flint, MI, 105 degrees at Chicago, IL, and 106 degrees at Fort Wayne, IN, equalled all-time records. Thunderstorms in Idaho produced wind gusts to 100 mph west of Bliss and north of Crouch, injuring 29 persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Here in Michigan, 1969, A tornado begins near Cedar Springs in Kent County and moves east for seven miles, damaging a store and destroying a barn, chicken coop and 14 camper trailers.