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CDUS43 KGRR 172127  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN  
527 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2024  
   
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2024  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
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)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 79 2:58 PM 98 1988 81 -2 75  
MINIMUM 67 2:48 AM 45 1894 61 6 58  
1976  
AVERAGE 73 71 2 67  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.13 1.94 1995 0.11 0.02 0.50  
MONTH TO DATE 1.66 2.00 -0.34 2.76  
SINCE JUN 1 12.22 9.80 2.42 10.22  
SINCE JAN 1 27.15 24.82 2.33 26.25  
 
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 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  
TODAY 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  
TODAY 8 6 2 2  
MONTH TO DATE 111 122 -11 91  
SINCE JUN 1 518 523 -5 464  
SINCE JAN 1 550 574 -24 504    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 3:00 AM  
LOWEST 62 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 80  
   
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THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 97 1947  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1943  
 
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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