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Sunday was hot and humid with highs in the low 90s reached by mid/late afternoon. Partly cloudy skies was the norm during most the PM hours. Storm chances were low. Minimum temps were a bit cooler today with lows […]

Saturday was still warm but not quite as much as yesterday with highs only in the low 80s reached by mid/late afternoon. Partly to mostly cloudy skies was the norm during most the PM hours. Storm chances were […]

Friday started to warm up from the earlier in the week pleasant max temps as we headed into the mid 80s reached by mid/late afternoon. Partly sunny skies also started to come in during the PM hours at times. One […]

After a very dry period in Michigan’s north country, massive, heavy thunderstorms moved across the state overnight dropping over an inch of rain in many areas.  Red flag warnings were issued over the past week […]

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – THURSDAY JUNE 17, 2021

Thursday held on to Wednesday’s pleasant max temps one more day with highs in the upper 70s reached by late afternoon. Mostly sunny skies also p […]

Wednesday held Tuesday’s pleasant max temps in check with highs in the upper 70s reached by mid-late afternoon. Mostly sunny skies also predominated during the day.
Minimum temps in the lower 60s were reached in […]

Tuesday cooled off behind Monday night’s storms/frontal passage with max temps in the upper 70s reached by mid afternoon. Partly cloudy skies overnight with a light shower (.01″) occurring around 0100 gave way to […]

We drove up yesterday with sun most of the way.  After reaching the campground, we decided to head into Cheboygan to get something to eat.  Then we went to the in-law’s cabins to visit for a while.   The sun was […]

Monday was warmer with max temps in the mid 80s reached by mid afternoon. A rapidly advancing line of showers/storms associated with a cold front brought us thunderstorms (0.54″) mid-evening. Minimum temps in the […]

Sunday was a bit milder than Saturday with max temps in the upper 70s reached midday before the clouds and light rain (0.16″) came in later in the afternoon.
Minimum temps in the mid 60s were reached in the […]

Although my area just got rain, Ovid, about 10 miles to our west, was hit by strong winds and damaging hail.  Hail stones the size of golf balls to almost baseball size were reported.  A friend at a yard party i […]

Saturday was a bit of a rebound day with milder max temps in the mid 70s reached in the late afternoon. We dried out but still had cloudy, below normal temps holding. Minimum temps were reached in the more normal […]

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was observed near Mount Hood late in the day on June 5. Minor shaking was reported by people living around the volcano, but earthquakes this small do not typically produce damage. It has […]

A large area of thunderstorms formed over mid Michigan and moved to the south late yesterday.  There were no storm warnings issued although there should have been.  Local forecasters said that they didn’t a […]

Friday was quite a change of pace with cloudy, much cooler and wetter conditions in place all day. The max temp only reached the upper 60s, and that was at midnight at the very beginning of the day. Minimum temps […]

Our weather has been unbearably hot for me.  Thankfully, we have cooler temps coming next week, once we get past the weekend.  The AC has been running steady.  We are heading back up to camp on Monday, and my hu […]

Thursday was a bit warmer than Wednesday. The max temp reached the upper mid 80s. Minimum temps were a bit cooler than Wednesday but were reached at the very
end of the day. Higher dew points in the 70s early […]

The National Drought Mitigation Center updates their Drought Monitor every Thursday, outlining the geographic details of drought conditions throughout North America. In today’s update, the extreme drought category […]

TEMPERATURES
May 2021 averaged very close to normal for this area but the warmest Maximum Temperatures waited until the final 3 days when the 80s were reached each day, bringing the monthly Average Maximum […]

Welcome to Summer 2021, or at least the meteorological definition.  There’s a longstanding confusion in the United States, as to which calendar format we should use for  defining seasons.  Several decades ago it […]