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Post by MugRB on Jan 4, 2010 22:59:00 GMT -5
1/4/1981[/u] Arctic air is firmly entrenched across Lower Michigan with extremely cold temperatures prevailing for the first half of the month. Eight of the first twelve days of the month fall below zero at Lansing. This is the coldest morning with a low of 29 below zero. This is the all-time low for the month of January at Lansing and the coldest temperature of the 20th century there. The temperature falls to 20 below zero at Grand Rapids and 15 below at Mount Pleasant.
1/4/1999[/u] West Michigan is digging out from 1 to 2 feet of snow, with drifts of several feet as the Blizzard of 1999 slowly winds down. Lake effect snow will continue the next several days, however.
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Post by MugRB on Apr 4, 2010 23:03:04 GMT -5
4/4/2003[/u] A devastating ice storm strikes central Lower Michigan. Heavy rain from thunderstorms falls into a layer of cold air near the ground and freezes on contact, creating sheaths of ice up to 3 inches thick that brings down thousands of tree limbs. It was estimated that 450,000 homes and businesses lost power during the storm and that nearly 50,000 people were without power for a week as persistent cold temperatures keep the heavy ice on the trees for 4 days after the storm. Crews came from four different states to help local utility companies restore power.
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Post by MugRB on Apr 5, 2010 12:21:14 GMT -5
4/5/1982[/u] Arctic air pours into Lower Michigan in the wake of a snowstorm and lake effect snows pile up over a foot across western Lower Michigan. The 12 inches of snow at Muskegon makes this the snowiest April day on record there.
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Post by MugRB on Apr 6, 2010 10:29:35 GMT -5
4/6/1882[/u] A tornado outbreak strikes Lower Michigan, killing 10 people and injuring more than 50 others. Tornadoes struck Midland and Kalamazoo Counties, killing one person each. Four people were killed in a tornado that moved between Bedford and Charlotte. Three people were killed in Oakland County by a tornado that passed between Clyde and West Highland. A tornado that struck east of Dansville in Ingham County killed one person. A barn and home were destroyed by a tornado a mile west of Charlotte, but no one was killed.
4/6/1997[/u] A strong cold front moved through with a line of thunderstorms producing wind gusts to 70 mph and causing widespread damage across much of southern Lower Michigan.
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Post by MugRB on Apr 7, 2010 11:14:09 GMT -5
4/7/1954[/u] A tornado destroyed two barns and damaged a house and apartment building near Fulton in Kalamazoo County.
4/7/1982[/u] Temperatures plunge to near zero as arctic high pressure persists over the Great Lakes states. Lansing falls to 2 below zero for a record low for the date and the latest sub-zero temperature on record. Muskegon falls to one degree above zero and Grand Rapids to 3 above for their coldest April temperatures on record.
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Post by MugRB on May 10, 2011 17:46:57 GMT -5
A total of 45 inches of rain had fallen on Shreveport, LA by this date (May 10th) in 1991, marking the earliest date that the average annual rainfall had been passed. In a normal rainfall year, the city receives 43.84 inches of rain.
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Post by MugRB on Jun 20, 2011 20:41:08 GMT -5
Parts of Nebraska experienced a hot morning on this date June 20th in 1997. Some cities reported overnight low temperatures in the upper 70s before warming significantly by midmorning. By 5 a.m., Lincoln reported 89 degrees and Omaha suburbs reported 90 degrees. The heating was caused by hot air aloft being brought down to the surface by thunderstorms.
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Post by MugRB on Nov 26, 2016 4:20:00 GMT -5
Flurries were flying in Japan's capital city of Tokyo November 24th. That hasn't happened in the month of November since 1962.
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Post by MugRB on Feb 10, 2021 10:06:29 GMT -5
While we are below normal for temperatures, but we are nowhere near record level cold low temperatures. Those where set during the Great Artic Outbreak of February 1899 where low temps hit anywhere from -20*F to -50*F in parts of Lower Michigan.
Normal temperatures for February average about 30*F for highs and 20*F for lows.
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