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This has been a very wet few days for us.  We received about an inch and a half over the last 24 hours and that isn’t including what we got on Saturday night.  There is certainly no shortage of water for my area e […]

The heat and high dew points left from the first half of July carried forward through the rest of July. From July 16-31, dew point temps remained high, peaking during the hottest days of the period (19-20) […]

The rain began late last night and has continued since then.  There was 0.87″ at 8 AM in my gauge, and since then, we have received an additional 0.35″.  We may hit 2 inches yet by the time it’s done.  Radar is sh […]

TEMPERATURES
Though July 2020 averaged just a bit above Normal, the month began quite cool with a Maximum of only 63.1° on the 1st, even without the normally suppressive benefit of clouds and rain. The Average […]

I haven’t posted a blog for over a week because I have had no WiFi available.  The campground internet was hit by lightning in the storm 2 weeks ago, and it hasn’t been repaired yet.  I hope this doesn’t last t […]

Official weather records for Baltimore date back to 1871. Never, during these last 150 years, has the monthly Mean Temperature (the average between the daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures) ever been higher than […]

High pressure will remain in place over the region through Friday. This coupled with southerly flow thanks to a deepening low in the Pacific will amplify already hot temperatures in the Inland Northwest, prompting […]

(Cover photo credit of Ben Randall)

After a slow start, Pacific Northwest summer is in full swing!  The first 10 days of July was the coolest in many years, with only one day in the low 80s, most days u […]

We will be going back to our campground today and the weather sounds good for traveling.  There is no rain in the forecast and temperatures will be comfortable.  Unfortunately, there are more 90s coming for the w […]

There are numerous showers popping up on radar but they all seem to  be missing us.  I expected to hear the rumble of thunder overnight but no such luck.  Everything was dry this morning.  We’ll be heading up to […]

Yesterday was quite comfortable, and today will be also .  But there is more hot weather knocking on the door and that is expected by the weekend.  We’ll be heading up to our campground on Thursday, just in time f […]

Severe thunderstorms rocked northern Michigan early yesterday causing damage to a school in Cheboygan, and many trees down across the northern areas of the state.  Even our campground had some damage done, mainly […]

This radar image was from this morning when a line of thunderstorms moved across the state, causing severe storm warnings in various places.   We were under a warning briefly, but there was nothing here that was s […]

We took a drive to Sleeper State Park in Caseville yesterday.  Caseville is in the thumb area of the state and was a favorite camping destination for us when my kids were little.  We hadn’t been there in years a […]

Rain began around 3 AM this morning and left 0.50″ in my gauge.  It was very welcome and exceeded the predictions.  Light rain continues at this time but radar is showing that it won’t last much longer.  Re […]

The heat and high dew points left from the tail end of June carried forward into the first half of the month of July.  But not to the extreme that the official Washington DC DCA station has recorded, as their […]

We complained when it was cold, and now we complain because it’s too hot.  Why can’t the weather ever reach a happy medium?  At least we got some very beneficial rain last week and the lawn has greened up a […]

Yesterday was as perfect as a summer day in Michigan can be.  Temperatures were comfortable and the humidity and dew points were low.  There was just enough breeze to open the windows and give the AC a rest.  To […]

After all the heat of last week, today feels really refreshing.  Highs are only expected to be around 80° and that’s sounds wonderful to me.  We may just be able to give the AC a rest.  We have a few clouds thi […]