Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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CXUS53 KGRR 011054 CCA
CLMGRR
CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED ADDED REMARKS AND TEXT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI
639 AM EDT SAT NOV 1 2008
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...THE GRAND RAPIDS MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
2008...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 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 89 10/01/1897
LOW 18 10/30/1988
10/21/1974
HIGHEST 82 10/12 MM MM 88 10/08
LOWEST 27 10/30 MM MM 31 10/28
AVG. MAXIMUM 59.7 59.6 0.1 67.3
AVG. MINIMUM 40.0 40.2 -0.2 48.9
MEAN 49.9 49.9 0.0 58.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 MM MM 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 5 MM MM 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 2.71 2.80 -0.09 3.13
DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.10
DAYS >= .01 12 MM MM 13
DAYS >= .10 8 MM MM 10
DAYS >= .50 2 MM MM 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 MM MM 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.89 10/24 TO 10/25
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS T 0.6 -0.6 0.0
SINCE 7/1 T
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.2 -0.2 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL T 10/26 TO 10/26
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 468 471 -3 263
SINCE 7/1 534 664 -130 359
COOLING TOTAL 5 5 0 56
SINCE 1/1 635 613 22 971
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/250 DATE 10/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/260 DATE 10/26
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 47
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 8
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 8
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
REMARKS...TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 26TH WAS FROM HAIL.
OCTOBER 2008 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR NOT HAVING ANY SEVERE WEATHER
EVENTS AND ALSO LACKING ANY HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENTS. IN FACT
THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE DAY IN GRAND RAPIDS... MUSKEGON OR LANSING
FOR WHICH AN INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED.
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOUT FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL DURING
THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT WARMUP
DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER. IN FACT TEMPERATURES AVERAGED
ABOUT TEN TO TWENTY DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FROM THE ELEVENTH THROUGH
THE THIRTEENTH. TEMPERATURES RETURNED TO FAIRLY CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR
THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH... ALTHOUGH A BRIEF COLD SNAP OCCURRED
ON THE 27TH AND 28TH.
A CONVECTIVE SHOWER EVENT ON THE 26TH RESULTED IN NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND ISOLATED REPORTS OF HAIL
TO NEAR THREE QUARTERS INCH IN DIAMETER.
IT WAS ALSO WINDY ON THE 26TH. NUMEROUS COASTAL OBSERVATION SITES
NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN HAD WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. PEAK WIND GUSTS
OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED ON THE 14TH.
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