Issued by NWS
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CXUS53 KGRR 011015 CCA
CLMMKG
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI
615 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008
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...THE MUSKEGON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2008
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 98 06/20/1995
LOW 31 06/11/1972
HIGHEST 86 06/12 MM MM 90 06/18
LOWEST 44 06/01 MM MM 38 06/06
AVG. MAXIMUM 74.5 75.6 -1.1 79.4
AVG. MINIMUM 56.2 54.2 2.0 56.8
MEAN 65.3 64.9 0.4 68.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 MM MM 1
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 MM MM 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 4.76 2.58 2.18 1.19
DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.09 0.07 0.04
DAYS >= .01 12 MM MM 7
DAYS >= .10 7 MM MM 4
DAYS >= .50 4 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.00 3 MM MM 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.36 06/07 TO 06/07
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 110.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 0.0 06/30 TO 06/30
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 55 78 -23 42
SINCE 7/1 6640 6943 -303 6328
COOLING TOTAL 73 86 -13 143
SINCE 1/1 74 114 -40 192
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/190 DATE 06/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/190 DATE 06/06
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 8
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 5
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
JUNE 2008 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THE PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER AND
FLOODING THAT OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. JUNE WAS
RELATIVELY WARM WITH MOST OF THE WARMTH OCCURRING DURING THE FIRST
HALF OF THE MONTH. OVERALL...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM ABOUT 0.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL NEAR THE LAKESHORE AREAS...TO AROUND 2.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ELSEWHERE. RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
AREA WITH MANY AREAS SEEING 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SOME LOCAL
AREAS NEAR HOLLAND...AND ALSO NEAR LUDINGTON WERE LIKELY 3 TO 7
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE ACTIVE WEATHER SET UP ACROSS THE AREA ON THE 5TH AS A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MARCHED THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA. A WARM FRONT
LIFTED NORTH INTO THE AREA...AND WAVES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OCCASIONALLY MOVED THROUGH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS SETUP
CONTINUED INTO THE 9TH...WHEN A COLD FRONT SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA.
THESE WAVES PRODUCED SOME SEVERE WEATHER... THE STRONGEST OF WHICH
OCCURRED THE AFTERNOON OF THE 6TH...THE EVENING OF THE 7TH...AND THE
AFTERNOON OF THE 8TH.
WIND DAMAGE WAS THE MAIN HAZARD THAT OCCURRED WITH THE STORMS. THE
WORST DAMAGE ON THE 6TH OCCURRED IN EATON AND CLINTON COUNTIES WHEN
ESTIMATED WINDS OF UP TO 80 MPH OCCURRED. ON THE 7TH...THE WORST
DAMAGE WAS LOCATED IN EATON COUNTY JUST EAST OF GRAND LEDGE WHERE
NUMEROUS TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN DUE TO 70 MPH STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA SAW SOME WIND DAMAGE ON THE 8TH WITH
A SQUALL LINE THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
OCCURRED ON THE 8TH. AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM FAR EASTERN EATON
COUNTY TO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF LANSING. AN EF-0
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN OSCEOLA COUNTY.
FLOODING WAS ALSO AN ISSUE... MAINLY DURING THE EVENING OF SATURDAY
THE 7TH AND ON SUNDAY THE 8TH. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SET UP ACROSS MILWAUKEE...HOLLAND...GRAND RAPIDS...HASTINGS...AND
LANSING. THIS BAND REMAINED STATIONARY...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR A FEW HOURS. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS FROM THREE...TO LOCALLY SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN A
THREE TO SIX HOUR PERIOD. THIS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
ALLEGAN...OTTAWA...KENT...AND BARRY COUNTIES. THE CITY OF HOLLAND
WAS THE HARDEST HIT WHERE MANY WASHOUTS OF ROADS OCCURRED...AND SOME
LOW LYING LOCATIONS SAW WATER RISE TO THE LEVEL OF CAR WINDOWS. SIX
FATALITIES WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA AS A RESULT OF THE SEVERE
WEATHER AND FLOODING FROM THE 7TH AND THE 8TH.
A SHORT BREAK IN THE SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRED THEN FROM THE EVENING
OF THE 9TH... THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ON THE 12TH. A COLD FRONT WAS
SLOWLY APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST. WAVES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP ALONG THE FRONT FROM WISCONSIN... ALL THE WAY
DOWN THROUGH MISSOURI... AND THEN MOVED OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
THE AREA NORTH OF PENTWATER TO TUSTIN THE EVENING OF THE 12TH. THE
FRONT STALLED OUT JUST WEST OF THE AREA... AND ALLOWED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS FROM THE
EVENING OF THE 12TH UNTIL DAYBREAK ON THE 13TH.
THE FIRST WAVE OF STORMS PRODUCED STRONG AND LOCALIZED WINDS OF
85-100 MPH JUST NORTH OF BIG SABLE POINT AND KNOCKED DOWN HUNDREDS
OF TREES IN THE NORDHOUSE DUNES AREA. AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRED THROUGH THE NIGHT... ROADS BEGAN WASHING OUT IN NORTHERN
MASON... NORTHERN LAKE... AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTIES.
WHEN THE RAIN FINALLY ENDED... UP TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WERE FOUND FROM THE LUDINGTON STATE PARK AREA TO
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY. THIS RAIN FELL WITHIN ABOUT 8
HOURS... AND CAUSED DOZENS OF ROAD WASHOUTS/SINKHOLES ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING ALSO OCCURRED AROUND
HAMLIN LAKE. THE WORST OF THE DAMAGE WAS THE WASHING OUT OF MANY
PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN SCOTTVILLE AND MANISTEE. THE
HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL IT COULD BE REPAIRED.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCURRED THROUGH THE 15TH AS AN UPPER
SYSTEM REMAINED IN THE AREA. THIS RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER
REMAINED MORE LOCALIZED. AFTER THE 15TH... THE WEATHER QUIETED DOWN
SOME AS COOL AIR MOVED IN OVER THE AREA... AND THE WARM AND MOIST
AIR STAYED SOUTH OF THE AREA. ANOTHER UPPER SYSTEM MOVED IN FROM THE
20TH THROUGH THE 23RD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH THEN CLOSED OUT WITH A COUPLE OF WARM
AND HUMID DAYS ON THE 26TH AND 27TH. A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS CAME
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER
ACCOMPANIED THESE FRONTS... WITH WIND DAMAGE BEING THE MAIN HAZARD.
THE WORST DAMAGE WAS FOUND ACROSS LAKE COUNTY AS A RESULT OF 60 TO
70 MPH WINDS. POWER WAS OUT TO A GOOD PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
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