Skies will be partly sunny today and the region will see high temperatures in the upper 20's. Gusty winds today will make it feel like the Teens. It remains dry into Sunday and there will be less wind. High temperatures on Sunday are forecasted to top the freezing mark at most locations in Southwest Lower Michigan. Read More >
Grand Rapids, MI
Weather Forecast Office
Overall, the month of January in Southwest Lower Michigan is expected to be warmer and wetter than normal. That is not to say we will not have periods of very cold temperatures, but that the warmer periods, when the entire month is averaged, will prevail. For the last 10 Januarys, 5 were warmer than normal, 2 were colder than normal and 3 where near normal between 2011 and 2020. As for precipitation, there was 5 Januarys that were wetter than normal, 4 were near normal and there was 1 below normal precipitation for the Januarys between 2011 and 2020. There is clearly a trend toward wetter Januarys. This used area wide data all of our long term climate stations averaged together.
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National Weather Service
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