873  
CDUS43 KGRR 170521  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN  
121 AM EDT SAT AUG 17 2024  
   
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2024
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1892 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 83 4:12 PM 99 1913 81 2 79  
MINIMUM 64 10:52 AM 40 1979 62 2 52  
AVERAGE 74 71 3 66  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.38 1.74 2016 0.12 0.26 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.53 1.89 -0.36 2.26  
SINCE JUN 1 12.09 9.69 2.40 9.72  
SINCE JAN 1 27.02 24.71 2.31 25.75  
 
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 2  
SINCE JUN 1 27 43 -16 30  
SINCE JUL 1 7 5 2 2  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 9 7 2 1  
MONTH TO DATE 103 116 -13 89  
SINCE JUN 1 510 517 -7 462  
SINCE JAN 1 542 568 -26 502    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 36 PERCENT / 299 MINUTES  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 8:00 AM  
LOWEST 58 6:00 PM  
AVERAGE 78  
   
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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 2024........SUNRISE 6:51 AM EDT SUNSET 8:40 PM EDT  
AUGUST 18 2024........SUNRISE 6:52 AM EDT SUNSET 8:39 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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