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57 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Another cold morning. 25F at DTW, the frost this morning was very glittery. 5 of the first 9 days of April have had lows in the 20s at Detroit:

1st- 26
5th- 29
7th- 26
8th- 23
9th- 25
 

Last night some isolated but potent lake effect snow showers gave a coating to an inch around Port Huron.

 

Nothing like 1950 though. On April 13, the high was 24F at Detroit City Airport and 22F at Flint.

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59 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Another cold morning. 25F at DTW, the frost this morning was very glittery. 5 of the first 9 days of April have had lows in the 20s at Detroit:

1st- 26
5th- 29
7th- 26
8th- 23
9th- 25
 

Last night some isolated but potent lake effect snow showers gave a coating to an inch around Port Huron.

 

So much for that UHI. DTW had a low of 29F on the 5th, versus 39F at FNT and 37F at MBS. Crazy.

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3 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Nothing like 1950 though. On April 13, the high was 24F at Detroit City Airport and 22F at Flint.

1950 still holds the record at Detroit for the warmest January high on record (67F - Jan 25th) and coldest April high (24F - Apr 13th) since 1874.

Those same dates also hold the record at U of M Ann Arbor since 1880, with an incredible high of 72F on Jan 25, 1950 and a high of just 26F on Apr 13, 1950.

Flints records only go to 1921, but they too hold the record in 1950, with a high of 65F on Jan 25th & a high of 22F on Apr 13th.

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48 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

1950 still holds the record at Detroit for the warmest January high on record (67F - Jan 25th) and coldest April high (24F - Apr 13th) since 1874.

Those same dates also hold the record at U of M Ann Arbor since 1880, with an incredible high of 72F on Jan 25, 1950 and a high of just 26F on Apr 13, 1950.

Flints records only go to 1921, but they too hold the record in 1950, with a high of 65F on Jan 25th & a high of 22F on Apr 13th.

Definitely an interesting time to be a weather geek. September 24, 1950 ("Black Sunday") is the third coldest on record at Detroit for that month, with a high of 46F.

The Day the Sun Disappeared—September 24, 1950 - Burchfield Penney Art Center

Black Sunday: Darkness falls in the PA Wilds - Pennsylvania Wilds

And then, of course, November brought the Great Appalachian Storm which produced record-breaking snow for the Appalachians and Ohio Valley. The high of 17F on the 24th, being eclipsed by only three dates, all earlier than 1950 (12F, on 11/21/1880; 16F on 11/22/1880; and 14F on 11/29/1950). I don't know what was going on in 1880 but there were a whole slew of record low maxima.

Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 - Wikipedia

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2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Definitely an interesting time to be a weather geek. September 24, 1950 ("Black Sunday") is the third coldest on record at Detroit for that month, with a high of 46F.

The Day the Sun Disappeared—September 24, 1950 - Burchfield Penney Art Center

Black Sunday: Darkness falls in the PA Wilds - Pennsylvania Wilds

And then, of course, November brought the Great Appalachian Storm which produced record-breaking snow for the Appalachians and Ohio Valley. The high of 17F on the 24th, being eclipsed by only three dates, all earlier than 1950 (12F, on 11/21/1880; 16F on 11/22/1880; and 14F on 11/29/1950). I don't know what was going on in 1880 but there were a whole slew of record low maxima.

Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 - Wikipedia

I had not heard of black Sunday but I looked up in the Detroit Free Press and sure enough, the massive headline of the 9-25-50 paper read "Eerie Midday Darkness Leaves City Awestruck". 

I forgot several other things to add to the incredible year of records and extremes. Also had the warmest Nov temp on record. It was a fascinating year locally.

~January saw frequent and heavy rainfall, causing flooding at times.

~January 25, 1950 sees the all-time record high at Detroit of 67F, as well as the warmest Jan min of 55F.

~Winter returned the 2nd half of Feb 1950 with cold weather, and along with it came a coal shortage causing mandatory brownouts which inevitably left people freezing.

~April 13, 1950 sees the coldest April high on record of just 24F

~September 24, 1950 a cold day, high of 46F, sees darkness turn the city black midday, due to canadian wildfires

~November 1, 1950 after a warm Halloween, temps soared to 81F on November 1st, making it the warmest November temp on record. 3.5 weeks later we were thrust into deep winter as the infamous appalachian storm gave us several days of deformation snows and bitter cold.

Actually, when recounting the year 1950, it is downright fascinating.

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