roardog

The warmth is good for getting t-storms but that’s about it. This 80 degree stuff is too warm for me. lol.

It seems hard not to have to use either heat or AC here in Spring(obviously heat more than AC). September and to a lesser extent October seems to be the months where I can get away with using neither the most. Even the warm days have much longer nights by then which cools it off quicker. It’s always refreshing to be able to have windows open all day during the summer but I hate when the house gets above 75 so that’s a problem for a lot of summer days. lol

I’m sure the drought that summer actually helped to get that record low the same as it helped the record highs. I remember I think it was July 2001 that also had a pretty good cold snap in early July. I think we had highs only in the 60s with sun and some spots in the lower peninsula even had frost I believe.

Sometimes you can get these very warm temps in northern areas this time of year easier than in the summer because of the still limited foliage.

Not only that, I think the extra moisture in the air is what keeps the Arctic warmer during the cold season. Even a small amount of moisture added to very cold air will raise the temp. Arctic summers aren’t warming much but as soon as October comes around, it’s always a torch(relative to average) in the Arctic. The moisture probably isn’t allowing it to cool off as fast as it used to. Then you have less sea ice which just adds even more moisture to the air. In the Summer, the added moisture results in cloudier and cooler temps overall in the Arctic which is why we haven’t had a new record low in sea ice since 2012. You need warmer and sunnier temps to really melt the ice up there.

If you're going to Miami this summer, make sure to take a hoodie. It's going to be cool there.

What does a cool Summer in your area usually portend for Summer for the rest of the country? Anything?

In what I feel is somewhat unusual in recent times, the low temps are running slightly below average for the year even though the high temps are running above average. How do the low temps rank? How about the average temp?

It must be all thanks to March since April is running right about average for Detroit. April is still running a little below average up here. It’s funny too because as of now, there’s only been one “warm” month so far this year which was March. The year is running right around average also.

I think it’s funny how you can drive a few miles in any direction from the severe drought area in Michigan and get to no drought in probably like 20 minutes. lol

What weeks do you get to go out there?

After all of the rain recently, I'm starting to see some pockets of green grass in the lawn now.

This winter? Where have you been the last decade? lol

2012 wins for me. I remember it hitting 100F in 1988 but I feel like the beginning of Summer wasn't hot at all, maybe even cool? 1995 was crazy with how high the dewpoints were with the heat. However, I remember there being some good backdoor cold fronts which brought highs down into the 70s around here. I think we were really on the NE edge of the heat and Ontario actually had much cooler weather, hence the backdoor cold fronts and also the big derecho that July. 2012 was warm to hot already in May and seemed like it just never gave up until September, when it actually cooled way down the second half of that month.

I always say that too. 2012 is the only summer that I can remember where it really felt like there was no relief. By the middle of July, temps over 90 felt normal.