Sunday, May 5, 2019

Climate Update for Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 2019













Climate Update for Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 2019

Max temp 77, Mean max 79
Min temp 19, Mean min 22
Av temp 47.7, Mean av 46.5
Precip 4.05, Mean 3.31
Precip to date 12.61, Mean to date 9.62 (8th wettest Feb on record, 35th wettest April)
Snow 4.9, Mean 2.4
Snow to date 81.3, Mean to date 66.1 (26th snowiest)
Heating Degree Days 515, Mean 553
HDD to date 6425, Mean to date 6402

The winter season is ending much snowier and wetter than the mean levels, but has been only just slightly colder than the long-term mean, less than 0.4% colder, using heating degree days as a yardstick.