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CDUS43 KGRR 172135  
CLILAN  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN  
535 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2024  
   
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..THE LANSING CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2024  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1864 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 80 2:26 PM 89 1962 70 10 60  
1977  
MINIMUM 59 5:32 AM 28 1867 48 11 41  
1973  
AVERAGE 70 59 11 51  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.46 1944 0.12 -0.12 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.78 2.01 -0.23 0.80  
SINCE MAR 1 7.58 7.40 0.18 9.21  
SINCE JAN 1 11.94 11.17 0.77 14.28  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE MAR 1 5.9 7.6 -1.7 16.2  
SINCE JUL 1 30.7 50.2 -19.5 58.1  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 7 -7 14  
MONTH TO DATE 94 165 -71 140  
SINCE MAR 1 1275 1634 -359 1488  
SINCE JUL 1 5413 6485 -1072 5656  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 5 1 4 0  
MONTH TO DATE 9 11 -2 6  
SINCE MAR 1 10 16 -6 25  
SINCE JAN 1 10 16 -6 25    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 4:00 AM  
LOWEST 52 4:00 PM  
AVERAGE 73  
   
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THE LANSING CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 89 1911  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 23 1868  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
MAY 17 2024...........SUNRISE 6:13 AM EDT SUNSET 8:57 PM EDT  
MAY 18 2024...........SUNRISE 6:12 AM EDT SUNSET 8:58 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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