WestMichigan Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, SolidIcewx said: All you need is a dense fog statement and a flood statement We had the dense fog earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Looks like the snow threat crapped the bed tonight, but the temp crash has still been impressive. Most areas have crashed over 50 degrees already from 8-9 hours ago, with wind chill values making it feel over 60 degrees colder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Weekend looking beautiful again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, A-L-E-K said: Weekend looking beautiful again Yes it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherMonger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 59 degree temp drop in 14 hours. High of 80 yesterday and currently sitting at 21. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 7 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Looks like the snow threat crapped the bed tonight, but the temp crash has still been impressive. Most areas have crashed over 50 degrees already from 8-9 hours ago, with wind chill values making it feel over 60 degrees colder. Moline was a record smashing 79 yesterday, they are now 17, wind chill -3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherMonger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, WeatherMonger said: 59 degree temp drop in 14 hours. High of 80 yesterday and currently sitting at 21. Make that 61 degrees, dropped to 19 at the 7am update 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 We have a wind chill of -17º this morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Was at a light and had to take a quick picture. Red sun this morning almost like wildfire smoke coming in. Can anyone explain this? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Low of 3 here. 51 degree drop in about 18 hours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 28 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said: Was at a light and had to take a quick picture. Red sun this morning almost like wildfire smoke coming in. Can anyone explain this? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Looking at the Michigan state record high for the month of February... Isolated data pre-1888, although the data we do have covers some of the warmer southern climes. February 27, 1867: 64F at Lansing [incredibly the low was 14F] --> possibly erroneous, 1930 publication indicates high of 66F on 2/22 was 4F warmer than any other February day of record in East Lansing dating to 1863 [original data unavailable] February 19, 1884: 64F at Detroit [tied] February 4, 1890: 66F at Benton Harbor February 21, 1930: 69F at Monroe February 26, 1944: 70F at Monroe and Wayne Not sure thereafter. Per climatologist Maximiliano Herrera, the state record prior to yesterday was 72F, although I'm not sure where or when that occurred. I thought maybe 2017, but the maximum was 70F at seven different stations on the 24th. They stopped including these nifty little tables in the monthly and annual reviews, making it a bit difficult to identify state records without the source data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 3 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Looking at the Michigan state record high for the month of February... Isolated data pre-1888, although the data we do have covers some of the warmer southern climes. February 27, 1867: 64F at Lansing [incredibly the low was 14F] --> possibly erroneous, 1930 publication indicates high of 66F on 2/22 was 4F warmer than any other February day of record in East Lansing dating to 1863 [original data unavailable] February 19, 1884: 64F at Detroit [tied] February 4, 1890: 66F at Benton Harbor February 21, 1930: 69F at Monroe February 26, 1944: 70F at Monroe and Wayne Not sure thereafter. Per climatologist Maximiliano Herrera, the state record prior to yesterday was 72F, although I'm not sure where or when that occurred. I thought maybe 2017, but the maximum was 70F at seven different stations on the 24th. They stopped including these nifty little tables in the monthly and annual reviews, making it a bit difficult to identify state records without the source data. Ah, here it is. I noticed DTW reached 70 in February 1999, so I figured that was it. Confirmed. February 11, 1999: 72F, at Battle Creek February 12, 1999: 72F, at Three Rivers and Holland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 After an impressive monthly record of 73° yesterday at DTW, and locally very little rain with overnight storms, the temp tumble has begun. So far from 62° at 6am to 38° at 10am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 20 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: Today will likely set a new monthly maximum, as the record is 70 in 2017/1999. Fun fact- the only month to not hit 70 is January. The warmest temperature is 67° on Jan 25, 1950, however many areas registered over 70 that day, including 72 at Ann Arbor. I suspect present day DTW would have as well. On the flip side, the only month not to have a temperature in the 30s is july, all time low being 42 on July 6, 1972. So theoretically, it is possible, though extremely unlikely, for someone in Southeast Michigan to be as cold as the 30s or as warm as the 70s any month of the year. It has been as cold as 31F in East Lansing during July. On July 15, 1863, the high was 69F and low 31F. No maximum & minimum temperature records for southeast lower Michigan at that time, but likely was in the 30s. More recently, and closer to southeast lower Michigan, the low was 40F on July 1, 1988 at Toledo. I would imagine some of the colder spots were in the upper 30s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 5 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: It has been as cold as 31F in East Lansing during July. On July 15, 1863, the high was 69F and low 31F. No maximum & minimum temperature records for southeast lower Michigan at that time, but likely was in the 30s. More recently, and closer to southeast lower Michigan, the low was 40F on July 1, 1988 at Toledo. I would imagine some of the colder spots were in the upper 30s. 38F at Milan on 7/3/1988 & 39F at Hillsdale on 7/1/1988. State low that year was a chilly 28F at Kenton (western U.P.) on the 1st. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 What a difference in precipitation. Detroit had the wettest January on record followed by the 4th driest February on record. Feb total at DTW is 0.24" precip, 3.1" snow. Wyandotte is 0.17" precip, 2.5" snow. Jan total at DTW was 5.25" precip, 17.0" snow. Wyandotte 5.14" precip, 16.0" snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 The drought was so bad in 1988 that even though it had the hottest temperatures I’ve seen in my lifetime around here, it could really cool down at night when the cooler air masses did come in because it was extremely dry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fluoronium Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 PIA set the all time February and winter record high AGAIN yesterday, with the temp plummeting 61F over the 14 hours. Insanity. I chased yesterday and busted on the dryline, but was able to get a distant view of one of the tornadoes in the suburbs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 47 minutes ago, fluoronium said: PIA set the all time February and winter record high AGAIN yesterday, with the temp plummeting 61F over the 14 hours. Insanity. I chased yesterday and busted on the dryline, but was able to get a distant view of one of the tornadoes in the suburbs. The temp drop with this one is pretty intense. I think it was in 2020 but I was down in STL in April. One day it got up to 92 and 28 hours later it was 26 with a snow shower as I went onto the back deck. Was really insane to experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Looks like a solid 2nd place for DLH this winter, but still 3F cooler than 1877/78. 1877-1878 - 28.0 *2023-2024 - 25.1 1997-1998 - 22.4 1881-1882 - 22.0 1930-1931 - 21.5 MSP will have this one in the bag by 1F. *2023-2024 - 30.0 1877-1878 - 28.9 1930-31/2001-02 - 26.8 2011-2012 - 26.2 1881-1882 - 26.0 And just a few miles down river at LaCrosse a solid 2nd about 2 1/2F cooler than 1877/78. 1877-1878 - 34.2 *2023-2024 - 31.6 1881-1882 - 29.6 2001-2002 - 29.2 1997-1998 - 28.8 Looks like MSP is a hotspot up this way in the our part of the sub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Throwing in Marquette, MI record, shows similar. Should make a note here. MAR was 2400 readings until Jan 1979. Then went Co-op in May 1979 at 2100 readings. Then to 0800 readings in Aug 1996. Winter time adjustment would avg + 1-1.5F. That makes the avg DJF much closer in the rankings for this season, and 97-98/2001-02. 1877-1878 - 30.7 *2023-2024 - 29.1 1997-1998 - 28.4 2001-2002 - 27.4 1931-1932 - 27.1 Starting with 0800 time, MMTS was put in place, so a digital set up locks in the time, and auto resets I believe. When using Max/Min set up, observers would have to manually reset when they took readings, leaving the actual reading time a bit in flux as people are not robots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 As of 1 pm, Ottawa has reached 13.0C (55F). That breaks the all-time February mark of 12.4C (54F) from February 27, 2000. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 We've got about an inch of snow. Not usually note-worthy in February but it is a shock to the system after yesterday's Spring-like weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Cold day here with am temps -sd's and currently running in the mid teens in the early pm. 0.1" of snow from the snow showers yesterday. Rapid warm up for the weekend with a chance of rain before temps go back to more avg early next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 3 hours ago, Brian D said: Looks like a solid 2nd place for DLH this winter, but still 3F cooler than 1877/78. 1877-1878 - 28.0 *2023-2024 - 25.1 1997-1998 - 22.4 1881-1882 - 22.0 1930-1931 - 21.5 MSP will have this one in the bag by 1F. *2023-2024 - 30.0 1877-1878 - 28.9 1930-31/2001-02 - 26.8 2011-2012 - 26.2 1881-1882 - 26.0 And just a few miles down river at LaCrosse a solid 2nd about 2 1/2F cooler than 1877/78. 1877-1878 - 34.2 *2023-2024 - 31.6 1881-1882 - 29.6 2001-2002 - 29.2 1997-1998 - 28.8 Looks like MSP is a hotspot up this way in the our part of the sub. A lot of parallels to 1877-78 this winter, including the core of the most insane warm departures in the upper midwest. 1877-78 was very mild here too, but ranks as 15th warmest. Most of the other powerhouse warm winters of that era rank higher (1881-82, 1879-80, 1889-90). Detroit will end up as the 4th warmest winter for 2023-24, but still a solid 2° colder than the grandaddy of winter warmth 1881-82. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 3 hours ago, sbnwx85 said: We've got about an inch of snow. Not usually note-worthy in February but it is a shock to the system after yesterday's Spring-like weather. Just flurries floating in the breeze here, but our 24 hour temperature difference of 72 to 26 was impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Can we go back to yesterday's temperature? Today's is just offensive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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