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CDUS43 KGRR 170527  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN  
127 AM EDT THU OCT 17 2024  
   
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 57 3:39 PM 83 1938 61 -4 52  
MINIMUM 35 11:59 PM 25 1944 42 -7 43  
1977  
AVERAGE 46 51 -5 48  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1993 0.13 -0.13 0.00  
2016  
MONTH TO DATE 0.88 2.07 -1.19 3.57  
SINCE SEP 1 2.20 5.50 -3.30 4.82  
SINCE JAN 1 29.96 31.87 -1.91 31.24  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1992 0.0 0.0 0.0  
2004  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 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 19 14 5 17  
MONTH TO DATE 158 177 -19 175  
SINCE SEP 1 196 295 -99 252  
SINCE JUL 1 211 312 -101 266  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 27  
SINCE SEP 1 105 77 28 100  
SINCE JAN 1 759 729 30 668    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 49 PERCENT / 326 MINUTES  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 86 11:00 PM  
LOWEST 43 2:00 PM  
AVERAGE 65  
   
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THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 84 1947  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 22 1972  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 17 2024.......SUNRISE 7:58 AM EDT SUNSET 6:55 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 18 2024.......SUNRISE 8:00 AM EDT SUNSET 6:54 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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