michsnowfreak

Todays record is on the "lower" side at 97 (yesterday and tomorrows record is 100) so theres a shot.

Im further north than that. On the Michigan side of that 0.23" in canada. Almost seems the placement is SLIGHTLY off. Where do you get maps like that?

Just came to edit my post but you beat me to it lol. The 86ﾟ dewpoint was Marshall. I am not familiar with that station so I cannot say, but I am familiar with Monroe. There was one day I think a week ago or so that Monroe had dewpoints touching 80 when every other station was below 70. To be honest I kept checking the Monroe dewpoint yesterday just to see how high it would go lol, knowing it is not correct, and I expected higher than its peak of 85ﾟ. The highest "official" dewpoints at the nearest first order stations to Monroe were 78° at Toledo and 77° Detroit. Still, I have a very hard time believing that Marshall dewpoint. Whenever a station is many degrees higher than anywhere surrounding it, it's a red flag. The closest stations to Marshall- Battle Creek Kellogg, Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, and Jackson, had peak dewpoints of 79, 80, and 79.

Got a much needed 0.53" of rain yesterday afternoon in a thunderstorm, but much heavier totals to my immediate West and South. DTW got 1.61". Earlier in the week, heavy storms missed me mere miles to the north, a difference of a dew hundredths of an inch and a few inches of rain. Have been so barely avoiding the needed July rain with thread-the-needle like precision to the point where i dont even know if it would show up on a map of precip totals.

The Monroe dewpoint sensor has been off for some time, see above.

It's not legit. Some of the ASOSs which are not 1st order stations have erroneously high wet bulb temperatures in moist air masses. But the Monroe (TTF) sensor has been off for quite some time, so it predictably had dew points in the mid 80s yesterday. DTW soared to a season high of 94, dewpoint 77, before thunderstorms around 3pm cooled temps into the 70s for the rest of the day.

That's very true and I suppose citing the temperature anomaly was not the best way to compare. Regardless, it's still not close. Take, say, of the 20 largest cities in the Midwest, look at their minimum temperature for the cold snap and see how many times each of those cities had a colder temp, then do the same thing for the maximum temp in this heat wave, and see how many times they had greater temperatures.

Not even close! Actual air temps on the coldest day were over 40° below avg in spots. Actual air temps on the hottest day will be around 15° above avg. Friday will be dangerously hot, but its nothing places havent seen many times before, whereas the extent of the arctic blast was nearly unprecedented in spots.

DTW is consistently among the warmest temps in the area, and it did not used to be. Used to be one of the better radiators. Its not that theres anything wrong with the sensors, but i think changes in nearby environments, pavements, construction, etc play a part.

I wish you a speedy recovery. Think positive, you will get back to normal. Im an injury adjuster, so my job is going over injuries and medical treatment of people in car accidents. What you are describing is pretty common, so you will get back to your pre-accident self.

1st 90 of the year. I predict we fall short of the avg of 12, just a gut feeling.

Pretty much all of southern lower Michigan has been cloudier than normal the past year. Its crazy.

I am definitely sick of the rain. In terms of amounts we have not had nearly as much here in Southeast Michigan as much of the rest of the sub has, but in terms of how often it's raining, it just seems to be all the time. I love cooler than average temps in the summer, and I do not mind overcast. Of course I would prefer Sun this time of year, but I'm not one of those people who gets depressed just because it's cloudy. (In the late fall through Winter I love overcast, but this is not winter lol). And I can definitely say humidity is never something I have enjoyed. If we can just dry out some and have near to below average temps the rest of the summer, that would be wonderful!

Yes sir! I was thinking of that yesterday...we are wasting the longest days of the year on solid overcast day after day.

Hopefully if nino is here in winter it is weak.

We are now passing the midway point in June and I have not yet had to turn my central air conditioning on this year! Awesome!

Definitely starting to get that feeling this will be a cool summer. Of course there will be hot days, im talking overall.

What a map for June! 45 at DTW but upper 30s in outlying areas

Spring weather is enjoyable, Spring allergies are NOT.

I heard someone else say they would take 65ﾟ every day of the year. I would hate the same thing any kind all year long lol. Different strokes for different folks, but I'm sure you'd miss the changeable weather if it really was 75° and Sunny every day haha.

Oh I would never count a car sensor as an official temperature, I just commented because usually the car sensor runs warmer than actual temp (especially with sun). And again I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the DTW sensor, obviously being a first order station it's monitored frequently for quality. I'm just noting that when comparing surrounding areas N,S,E,W, from Monroe and Ann Arbor to the already mentioned Detroit City or Pontiac, the temperature disparity between them and DTW is much different now than it was in the 1970s and 1980s.

DTW almost ALWAYS runs warm compared to surrounding areas. Always. Its not that there is anything wrong with the sensor, its probably the location and amount of pavement nearby thats affecting it vs the placement it was in the 1970s and 1980s. Its still relatively rural in the vicinity of the airport itself, so while UHI is somewhat of a factor i doubt its the main force. Especially comparing the difference of other stations that also have a period of record. The temp sensor in my car often reads colder than the official in the morning when i drive by on the way to work (southside of the airport).

Oh yes i remember. That was crazy! A few spots may have picked up a tenth or two, it was snowing so hard.

Not sure about Chicago, but Detroit saw scattered snow flurries on May 19, 2002. Needless to say it was the latest I have personally ever seen snow fall, Although more recently and probably more impressive were snow showers on May 15, 2016. Only a trace fell, however it was legit snow squalls unlike May 19, 2002 which were just a few flurries. Latest on record was May 31, 1910.

Sun has been a rare commodity these days too, so looks like great weather for the game. Now the Tigers need to get a damn win!