601  
CDUS43 KGRR 172131  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN  
531 PM EDT TUE OCT 17 2023  
   
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
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)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 55 2:16 PM 84 1947 60 -5 46  
MINIMUM 42 12:27 AM 22 1972 42 0 38  
AVERAGE 49 51 -2 42  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.91 1905 0.13 -0.13 0.52  
MONTH TO DATE 3.57 2.20 1.37 2.35  
SINCE SEP 1 4.82 5.63 -0.81 3.65  
SINCE JAN 1 31.24 32.00 -0.76 31.26  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 T 2015 0.0 0.0 T  
2022  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 T  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 16 14 2 23  
MONTH TO DATE 191 191 0 243  
SINCE SEP 1 268 309 -41 357  
SINCE JUL 1 282 326 -44 364  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 27 4 23 0  
SINCE SEP 1 100 77 23 84  
SINCE JAN 1 668 729 -61 797    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 1:00 AM  
LOWEST 64 2:00 PM  
AVERAGE 79  
   
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THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 82 1910  
1938  
1950  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1976  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 17 2023.......SUNRISE 7:58 AM EDT SUNSET 6:57 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 18 2023.......SUNRISE 7:59 AM EDT SUNSET 6:55 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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