michsnowfreak

We had a warm, humid summer here, and while once again, extreme temps were not a thing (14 days of 90F+, which is only 1 day more than normal, and only 4 of these days were 93+) it was the warm humid nights that made their mark. Yet now, we are in a stretch of a what will be about 10 days straight of unseasonably cool nights, several of them flirting in record low territory, so to say that summers back is broken is an understatement. The trees are starting to get some color as well.

I literally say the same thing every time we are in a La Nina or La Nina type state. Historically December has been the prize month of winter in a La Nina, but in recent years we have had so much trouble getting a colder than normal December (yet we have had no trouble getting a cold Nov, Jan, or Feb). Even last year, a colder than normal winter, but by far the mildest month was December. Im very interested to see if we get some real fun in December this year. Of course, it could cost us some fun in Feb, but we are definitely due.

Absolutely, anything can be skewed whichever way someone wants it these days. Also, multiple record lows were set the last few days, some very old records. Springfield, IL set a record low of 44F, breaking a 140-year record by 4F. Flint missed by 1F, Detroit missed by 3F, but Toledo set a record low this morning of 48F. We just arent having someone post an itemized list as they do when theres any kind of record highs.

It was 29F in Rosscommon today. An incredible 38F at the aforementioned cold spot Ann Arbor (which is ARB, not to be confused with U of M). DTW's 50 missed the record by 3F, FNT's 43F missed the record by 1F.

The low at DTW was 50F this morning, though it hovered there for 3 hours, missing the record by 3F. The usual SE MI cold spots included Ann Arbor at 40F, and White Lake at 42F. Impressive for August! The coldest in northern lower MI was 37F. Tonights forecast low for Detroit is 49F, the record is 47F.

Below normal temps to end August sometimes help kick off that earliest wave of Fall color (beyond the stressed trees already showing some color). I am SOO ready.

Are you thinking a more front loaded winter? Or rather....a winter where December is one of the bigger hitters rather than Jan/Feb?

Finally got rain, but just 0.59". I have been screwed on almost everything event this summer. Better now than winter.

Wow on Milwaukee. Stay safe! Detroit has seen no rain whatsoever in August

The Feb 2018 warm spell that allowed 80° weather in NY was extra crazy because it occurred in an otherwise wall to wall good winter in many places. We did hit 65° here, leading to a rapid melting of a deep snowpack, but outside of the last third of Feb, the period of Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 was pretty much wall to wall cold.

Chicago averages more 90s than us, but the last 3 years the difference has been far greater than normal

I made a post in the other thread. Over the last 3 years, Detroit has seen a total of 26 days of 90+ while Chicago has seen 67. This year, Detroit has seen 10 to Chicago's 23.

Chicago does average more 90F+ days than Detroit (avg 17 to 13). But the last several years have been huge differences. The last 3 years, ORD has had 67 days of 90F+ while DTW only 26! Here are the last 20 years. YR - DTW – ORD 2025- 10 – 23 2024- 14 – 23 2023- 2 – 21 2022- 15 – 16 2021- 13 – 22 2020- 17 – 31 2019- 10 – 14 2018- 26 – 26 2017- 7 – 16 2016- 23 – 16 2015- 10 – 10 2014- 4 – 3 2013- 7 – 13 2012- 30 – 46 2011- 23 – 22 2010- 17 – 21 2009- 4 – 4 2008- 7 – 6 2007- 14 – 19 2006- 11 – 15

I heard it was the coldest summer in parts of coastal California in over 50 years. Didn't look up any numbers tho

Many la ninas have historically had great Decembers (at least here). But results are then mixed as to whether or not it carried thru to the rest of winter.

Where do you guys see euro monthly? I only see seasonal.

I think thats a nice clipper look.

The Dec/Jan cold snap set an interesting record at Detroit for cold longevity. Dec 26, 2017 thru Jan 6, 2018 was the longest stretch on record (12 days) where Detroit did not exceed 19F.

Went to the park today to enjoy some outdoor time since it was so nice. Took this pic from the exact same spot as a pic last Oct. Its coming soon!

It has remained remarkably consistent for months now with its winter outlook.

This made it the 4th wettest july at Detroit after what was on track to ve drier than normal. I finished july with 3.43", incredibly less than half that. July also tied for 19th warmest at Detroit, no surprise that it was due to warm lows. The avg low was 11th warmest while the high was 38th warmest.

Very pleasant start to August. Nice way to start the last month of meteorological summer.

We had a T during that storm. Pretty much all our rain was from the stratiform rain. Ive been measuring rain/snow imby for 30 years now. With my close proximity to DTW, many times, things like summer storms or winter snow squalls somewhat even out over the course of a season. Not literally dead even, but one time theyll get hit and i wont then the next time vice versa. In all those years, even in summer months, Ive never seen such a difference as this July.

With 0.62" of rain overnight, my July total thru 8am is 3.34". The July total thru 8am at DTW is 7.30". Ive never seen such a difference before.

Although a solid shield of rain will be approaching soon, an isolated cell ahead of it developed RIGHT over DTW, dropping over 1" of rain. Just a trace here. Regardless of what happens overnight, between this cell and the cell 2 days ago (2.68" DTW, 0.33" MBY) there is going to be a huge difference in July rainfall totals between very close by DTW and me. The kind you only see with the aid of summer downpours.