723  
CDUS43 KGRR 220606  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI  
206 AM EDT THU OCT 22 2009  
 
   
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 2009
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2009  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 68 443 PM 85 1953 57 11 53  
MINIMUM 52 235 AM 18 1974 38 14 35  
AVERAGE 60 48 12 44  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.15 2.13 1933 0.08 0.07 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.33 1.92 0.41 1.56  
SINCE SEP 1 3.89 6.20 -2.31 11.10  
SINCE JAN 1 33.07 30.20 2.87 39.31  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 1.1 1976 T 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE T T 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 T T 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 T T 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 5 17 -12 21  
MONTH TO DATE 377 281 96 254  
SINCE SEP 1 457 440 17 316  
SINCE JUL 1 510 474 36 320  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 5  
SINCE SEP 1 47 61 -14 66  
SINCE JAN 1 455 613 -158 635    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 43 PERCENT  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93  
LOWEST 58  
AVERAGE 76  
   
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THE GRAND RAPIDS MI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 82 1979  
1953  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 23 1944  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 22 2009.......SUNRISE 804 AM EDT SUNSET 648 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 23 2009.......SUNRISE 805 AM EDT SUNSET 647 PM EDT  
 
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 

 
 
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