Very cold temperatures and lake effect snow will continue to result in slow and treacherous travel through tonight. The snow will still greatly reduce visibilities and slowly add up, with the highest additional amounts generally near and west of Highway 131. Wind chills as low as 20 below are expected. An additional area of snow will affect areas west of a Holland to Reed City line Wednesday. 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.
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Grand Rapids, MI
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Grand Rapids, MI 49512-4034
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