The term ‘near-normal’ here may seem misleading. A 10-Day Forecast has been provided this week, so we could grasp the ending of June and beginning of July, including the 4th of July holiday next Monday. The normal high is 83° this time of year and most days will see highs in the low to mid-80s with only 2 exceptions. Today, with a high near 70°, and Thursday, with a high near 90°. When we average things together, this is close to typical summer weather for this time of year. What is not normal is rainfall…we are drier than normal. The thunderstorms chances in the forecast over the next 10 days currently look to be hit or miss and if we miss too many times, we will continue to be on the drier side of things.
We start off much cooler to start the week with partly sunny skies and highs in the low-70s. Skies will become mostly clear and quite cool tonight with lows in the upper-40s. Tuesday will be mostly sunny for most of the day, with increasing clouds late and highs in the low-80s. Tuesday night, some much needed rain showers are possible with lows in the upper-50s. Wednesday will start off with some morning clouds but then become mostly sunny and highs in the low-80s. Wednesday night will be partly cloudy with lows in the mid-50s. Thursday is our hot day this week with highs near 90. A cold front will bring a chance for a few thunderstorms on Friday, which will cool temperatures back to normal in the lower to middle-80s for the holiday weekend. It looks to be a dry and overall Mostly Sunny weekend for the 4th of July as well. Beyond that, heading into next week, we’ll continue with the 80s and include at least a chance for some thunderstorms given the upper-level wind pattern by that time.
Has June Been Hot and Dry?
There have been a few hot days, but that alone does not make June a hot month. Through the first 25 days of the month, we are running about 1 to as much as 2 degrees above normal in the central Michigan area. Remember back at the beginning of June, there were many days with highs in the 60s and 70s. the 80s and 90s have evened us out to place us close to normal when you average everything together. Believe it or not, we didn’t even reach a high of 80 degree or higher until June 14th, so we truly had a relatively chilly start to the month. Looking at the forecast for this week, we’ll have some cooler than normal days and some warmer than normal days to finish the month, so we’ll likely finalize near or slightly above normal as far as temperatures are concerned.
Now as far as precipitation is concerned, we are running behind and somewhat drier than normal. It is not too far out of hand and have not entered any drought conditions as of yet, but you likely have needed to water your lawn or garden to keep things looking green and growing well. Normal rainfall for the month of June is around 3 inches and we stand between 50% and 75% of that across the central MI area. Many rain gauges have measured between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain since June 1st. Again, not a deficient that is extreme, but nonetheless, drier than normal. This is a trend we will have to watch closely as we head into July, especially if we continue to see dry days with limited rain.
Mt. Pleasant Almanac for This Week:
Almanac Information is a way to look at normal and record high and low temperatures for this time of year. The normal temperatures are based on the 30-year average high and low for that date between 1991 and 2020. For example, if you take the high temperature on all June 27th between 1991 and 2020 and calculate the average of all 30 values, the result would be 83°. Therefore, the normal high for today is 83°. Record high and low temperature data goes back 127 years to 1895. Sunrise and sunset data is also provided. All information is valid for Mount Pleasant:
June 27th
Normal High/Low: 83°/60°
Record High: 99° 1933
Record Low: 40° 1904
Sunrise: 5:59AM
Sunset: 9:24PM
June 28th
Normal High/Low: 83°/60°
Record High: 103° 1901
Record Low: 43° 1930
Sunrise: 6:00AM
Sunset: 9:24PM
June 29th
Normal High/Low: 83°/60°
Record High: 99° 2012
Record Low: 39° 1923
Sunrise: 6:00AM
Sunset: 9:24PM
June 30th
Normal High/Low: 83°/60°
Record High: 99° 1931
Record Low: 37° 1943
Sunrise: 6:01AM
Sunset: 9:24PM
July 1st
Normal High/Low: 83°/60°
Record High: 101° 1931
Record Low: 35° 1912
Sunrise: 6:01AM
Sunset: 9:24PM
July 2nd
Normal High/Low: 83°/60°
Record High: 101° 1911
Record Low: 37° 1900
Sunrise: 6:02AM
Sunset: 9:23PM
July 3rd
Normal High/Low: 83°/60°
Record High: 102° 1911
Record Low: 31° 1900
Sunrise: 6:02AM
Sunset: 9:23PM
July 4th
Normal High/Low: 84°/60°
Record High: 102° 1921
Record Low: 41° 1927
Sunrise: 6:03AM
Sunset: 9:23PM
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-Weather Forecast by CMU Student Forecaster Isaac Cleland and Meteorologist Ethan Foreman.
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