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Wow, didn't realize how long it's been since my last post! Have been busy: celebrating the 4th; rearranging the living room & buying a few new furnishings, completing some unfinished decorating; continuing yoga therapy (Gretchen's been guiding me into a more intensive involvement...god, is she good!); seeing Fahrenheit 911 (it's been breaking box office records out here too! which I find sooo reassuring) and other assorted activities.
But mostly, many many hours spent learning new web tricks & implementing them, the (often) subtle & not-so-subtle results of which can be seen on Mingari Studios and a new blog I've created just for Buffy.
The Buffy thing got started 'cause she's added a new trick to her repertoire which created some irresistible photo ops. In fact, almost all the photos I've taken lately have been of it or of her, but now that the project's done...I think (am I really done tinkering?)...maybe my photography can finally move on to something new?
Meanwhile, the weather's been, well, just what I came here for. That is, not hot. Although it has been humid at times (& the rainy trend continues), since it's averaging at least 10° cooler than back East, I haven't yet needed to install the ac. Yay! Of course, now that I've said this, it's gonna get hot for sure.
Through 5 PM... the high temperature for July 8 in Grand Rapids has only risen to 66... and Lansing has been as warm as 67. If the temperatures do not rise any more... these will be the coldest high temperatures on record for each city.
Grand Rapids current record low maximum for July 8 is 68 set in 2000... while the record low maximum in Lansing is 68 set in 1900.
Grand Rapids:
From the period of March 1st through May 31st, using data from 1880 to present, Grand Rapids recorded the second wettest Spring ever at 16.12 inches. The wettest was 16.37 inches during the Spring of 1976. On May 21st the 13th wettest day in Spring was reached with 2.46 inches of precipitation.
The top three wettest Springs are as follows: 1st: 16.37 inches, 1976; 2nd: 16.12 inches, 2004; 3rd: 15.69 inches, 1981.
1971 to 2000 normals: 9.42 inches; departure from normal: 6.70 inches above normal.
Grand Rapids observed the 8th warmest Spring on record at 49.5 degrees. The top three warmest Springs are as follows: 1st: 52.6 degrees, 1977; 2nd: 52.0 degrees, 1921; 3rd: 51.1 degrees, 1991.
Lansing:
For Lansing from March 1st through May 31st and data from 1863 to present, Lansing observed the wettest Spring on record with 14.47 inches of precipitation. On May 23rd Lansing observed the 9th wettest day in Spring with 2.11 inches of precipitation.
The top three wettest Springs are as follows: 1st: 14.47 inches, 2004; 2nd: 14.42 inches, 1947; 3rd: 13.80 inches, 1943.
1971 to 2000 normals: 8.13 inches; departure from normal: 6.34 inches above normal.
Lansing observed the 12th warmest Spring on record at 48.4 degrees. The top three warmest Springs are as follows: 1st: 51.8 degrees, 1977; 2nd: 50.8 degrees, 1921; 3rd: 50.5 degrees, 1991.
Muskegon:
For Muskegon from March 1st through May 31st, using the period of record from 1895 to present, the wettest Spring on record was observed with 16.17 inches of precipitation. On May 21st the 4th wettest day in Spring was reached with 2.30 inches of precipitation.
The top three wettest Springs are as follows: 1st: 16.17 inches, 2004; 2nd: 14.91 inches, 1976; 3rd: 13.82 inches, 1921.
1971 to 2000 normals: 8.22 inches; departure from normal: 7.95 inches above normal.
Muskegon observed the 9th warmest Spring on record at 47.9 degrees. The top three warmest Springs are as follows: 1st: 50.7 degrees, 1977; 2nd: 49.9 degrees, 1991; 3rd: 48.7 degrees, 1987.
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