michsnowfreak

Who would have thought the same region with 1-2 feet of snow on the ground 3 months ago would be talking legit drought. I picked a bad year to plant some new grass seed in a few spots (patch work). I am ALREADY sick of watering the lawn and no end in sight.

The very end is an example of how any weather related articles about any weather phenomena has to throw some climate change blurb in there whether it makes sense or not. "The drop in water levels could be because of the world's changing climate and the resulting change in temperatures and precipitation. The amount of evaporation taking place on the lakes has changed, while precipitation has, too. "It's kind of puzzling to folks, and maybe an indication that there's climate change influencing this," Bechle said." Never mind the fact that Lake levels always rise and fall, a cycle that's been around as long as any records exist. But the article is literally discussing how Lake levels are finally dropping from their record highs last year, and are still way above normal...so maybe this drop is the fault of climate change lol. For a year now every time there's an east wind we have lakeshore flood warnings and advisories, and over the Winter ice floes were causing a lot of flooding in areas on the East Side of Michigan. A drop in Lake levels is definitely needed, though I am certainly hoping we don't head into a big drought.

Here, snowfall was above avg in Nov, Feb, & Apr...but the last month with above avg liquid precipitation was September.

It must be a blast to be a fruit grower in this state. Frost every morning for what, a week to 10 days straight? Then blink and here comes the heat. And no rain. This weather better not mess with my fall apple picking

A local weather friend Michael & his wife Kristin were just out chasing all over the country, I wonder if it was your tour?

I was only 5 but I actually remember 1988 a little bit. That year clearly reigns supreme for extreme heat. I honestly do not know how they survived the 1930s to 50s with much less air conditioning and so much extreme heat

28 of 72 here for that time frame but again, it's a very short window. Temperatures are always going to ebb and flow. From 2013-15, 24 of the 36 months were colder than average. 2016-20: 21 of 60 colder than avg 2011-15: 32 of 60 colder than avg 2006-10: 27 of 60 colder than avg My main point is that if you make an average a full 1° warmer than it should be, get ready for lots of colder than average months in the means over the next decade.

Despite a slight overall rise in temperature there are still plenty of colder than average months. If you make "average" a degree warmer than it really is, then you will really see colder than average months.

I don't even know how you would Figure that out, I know I have no idea how to. All I can say is that locally severe weather has definitely decreased but it does not bother me.

Thanks guys. I am updated my post. Let me know of any others I missed.

I think May finishes below avg, very confident in that. Summer...who knows.

Wow thats a hell of an increase. A sample so far... Buffalo, NY: +0.7" Chicago, IL: +2.1" Detroit, MI: +2.5" Rochester, NY: +2.5" Grand Rapids, MI: +2.6" Pittsburgh, PA: +2.7" New York City, NY: +4.0" Syracuse, NY: +4.0" Flint, MI: +4.7" Boston, MA: +5.4" Saginaw, MI: +7.1" Worcester, MA: +8.8" Hartford, CT: +11.2"

That is very interesting. I checked for Detroit and there are very minor differences to the tune of 0.1 to 0.2° here and there. But that Chicago discrepancy is mystifying.

I am guessing the core of the cold missed you last may? Being in a more rural area I would have thought you had more than one freeze last May. The low temps at Detroit last May 5/05: 39 5/06: 38 5/07: 38 5/08: 31 5/09: 27 5/10: 33 5/11: 34 5/12: 34 5/13: 32 These temps were kept up a little not only due to UHI but also clouds and snow flurries kept temperatures up a few of those nights. The DTX nws office in White Lake IS in a rural area, and their lows for that stretch were: 5/05: 33 5/06: 31 5/07: 34 5/08: 26 5/09: 25 5/10: 31 5/11: 28 5/12: 25 5/13: 24

Snow two Mothers Days in a row? That's interesting weather!

I don't remember the specifics but after snowflakes fluttered around in the cold may 8th and 9th last year, it actually warmed up on the 10th ahead of the rain. Snow was not even forecast then all of a sudden wet bulbing/evap cooling did its thing and it started pouring snow & instantly accumulating. Granted it was 11:00 p.m., but it was 11:00 p.m. on May 10th

It would be hilarious if someone sees snowflakes on Mothers Day because that would be 2 Mothers Days in a row it has snowed in this region. Talk about unheard of lol. Last Mothers day I had my mom over for dinner. it was cold and rainy. When the parents left I started washing dishes and the noise of rain had stopped. I looked outside and saw this.

I'm only 7 miles from DTW.

Increasing cloudiness in the Winter time keeping Winter mins up also really helps that less freezing. That's another interesting trend locally, Winter mins are increasing yet the number of below 0 days is staying pretty constant and in fact is greater than it was during the milder winters of the early to mid 20th century...and the number of mins below 10 below is actually slightly going up. That is why weather is so fascinating, there are so many aspects beyond the means. ot, how far you from Buffalo airport? As a climate buff who loves looking at old data locally it would probably drive me crazy to look at old data for Buffalo but not really know what was happening in my present day backyard at the time since les can be isolated. You have posted pictures were getting 1 or 2' of snow in Buffalo reports like 5" lol.

What I think is cool is that as someone who actually follows the weather in weather patterns and trends I can actually see the difference in certain things. Not talking about some kneejerk reaction to an unusual spring warm spell or some freak October or may snowstorm. talking about overall. And pretty much the trends in local climate are something I notice. I literally argued some bullshit article saying the winters were warming faster than summers in the Great Lakes and I said it was the complete opposite. The most notable trend here is that summer temperatures are rising and mins are increasing 2 to 3 times as much as the maxes in summer. This is why heatwaves of the dustbowl remain untouched but avg temps made the 10s the hottest summers on record. The cooling off of April and November and the heating up of May-Sept basically give the illusion that both winter and summer are "longer" and fall/spring are shrinking into near oblivion. There are very few cool summer nights anymore from late June to late Aug. The mugginess is increasing. Winter is making a habit of popping in unusually early and late but choosing a hiatus at some point during prime time. That Mother Nature is blowing her snowy load in February is getting to the point of as sure as lions not winning the superbowl. I could.go on. But one of my favorite things about GW/CC in a northern climate? There's more juice in the atmosphere. We are getting bigger snowstorms which leads to some great packs at times. Its worth a little extra summer humidity

Thank you lol and see above. I have no problem with global warming, I don't get involved in those discussions much because it seems to be a battle of the far right & the far left which leads to exaggerations on both ends. I guess correcting misinformation when I see it means I don't believe in climate change.

oops sorry i thought you meant 2.0 annual.

When did I say anything about fake news? correcting misinformation and exaggerations does not mean I don't believe in CC. And Detroit does NOT have a microclimate going on lol. Look up most cities in the Midwest and their all time warmest of each month is scattered around from the 1880s to 2010s.

There are lots of variables that go into everything. I can pretty much guarantee you that Pittsburgh's airport has a lot more concrete now than it did in 1948. Things like moving temperature sensors, UHI, etc. I am not sure where you are getting that Harrisburg went up 2°? Have a link? While Harrisburg did go up more than cities in our sub it looks like 0.6° per xmacis, not 2°.

The 90s were the same annual avg temp as the 00s overall. So it will really matter more what the 2020s do.