655  
CDUS43 KGRR 170524  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN  
124 AM EDT THU AUG 17 2023  
   
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2023
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1892 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 79 2:53 PM 99 1913 81 -2 82  
MINIMUM 52 6:07 AM 40 1979 62 -10 55  
AVERAGE 66 71 -5 69  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.74 2016 0.12 -0.12 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.26 1.89 0.37 2.69  
SINCE JUN 1 9.72 9.69 0.03 6.93  
SINCE JAN 1 25.75 24.71 1.04 25.32  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 7  
SINCE JUN 1 30 43 -13 34  
SINCE JUL 1 2 5 -3 7  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 1 7 -6 4  
MONTH TO DATE 89 116 -27 120  
SINCE JUN 1 462 517 -55 531  
SINCE JAN 1 502 568 -66 619    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 801 MINUTES / 96 PERCENT  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 7:00 AM  
LOWEST 50 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 72  
   
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THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 98 1988  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 45 1894  
1976  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 17 2023........SUNRISE 6:50 AM EDT SUNSET 8:41 PM EDT  
AUGUST 18 2023........SUNRISE 6:51 AM EDT SUNSET 8:40 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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