As tough as it seemed to keep a record each day, I feel like it is important. So, I'm keeping a daily high temperature record again this year. = )
Also continuing the daily count from the onset of the pandemic. "Q-"
January
1st- 30F (Q-654) cold and snowy,
2nd- 21F (Q-655) cold, very cold. Overnight snow had to be shoveled.
3rd- 28F (Q-656) cold. No new snow.
4th- 33F (Q-657) cold. Barely crept above freezing.
5th- 22F (Q-658) cold. We were expecting overnight snow, which didn't arrive until later in the day, with some strong winds.
6th- 22F (Q-659) cold, another dusting of snow in the afternoon, but it was so dry that it didn't stick much. V1 EWGJ
7th- 21F (Q-660) cold. Bitter, windy, brutal cold. Clear skies though, so everything sparkled in the sunlight.
8th- 31F (Q-661) cold, a little overcast, but no new snow.
9th- 26F (Q-662) cold, brutally windy.
10th- 16F (Q-663) cold, miserably, unbearably cold, just to step outside.
11th- 24F (Q-664) cold. Overcast, not the prettiest day to celebrate our favorite husband/father, but I think he had a good day, just the same.
12th- 39F (Q-665) cold, but being above freezing was very welcomed!
13th- 33F (Q-666) so cold, and overcast, foggy. It was a dreary kind of day.
14th- 23F (Q-667) cold, with a little precipitation blowing around.
15th- 20F (Q-668) cold, a little sun, but mostly overcast.
16th- 31F (Q-669) cold, but sunny.
17th- 30F (Q-670) cold, a light snow, but not much accumulation.
18th- 35F (Q-671) the slight bump above freezing was not enough to melt ice that formed where the last snow had not been removed.
19th- 26F (Q-672) cold, windy, even some snow flakes.
20th- 19F (Q-673) cold, overcast.
21st- 23F (Q-674) cold, but mostly sunny. V2 Alice
22nd- 26F (Q-675) cold, snowy, but a nice day to play games with the Cornishes.
23rd- 19F (Q-676) cold. Enough overnight snow that it had to be shoveled. Sunny morning, overcast afternoon.
24th- 25F (Q-677) cold. Lots of snow. Alice helped me shovel.
25th- 20F (Q-678) cold, a few light snow showers, but the roads were manageable.
26th- 19F (Q-679) cold, but brilliantly sunny.
27th- 28F (Q-670) cold, overcast, a little evening snow.
28th- 18F (Q-671) cold, sunny, but so so cold. V2 EWGJ
29th- 22F (Q-672) cold, overcast, snow furriest.
30th- 27F (Q-673) cold, a light dusting overnight, overcast most of the day.
31st- 31F (Q-674) didn't feel quite as miserable.
February
1st- 48F!! (Q-675) we almost hit 50 degrees, it felt so much warmer than the past few weeks.
2nd- 28F (Q-676) cold, a foot of snow fell. Alice and I ended up shoveling twice, and there was still more coming down.
3rd- 19F (Q-677) cold, and another round of snow removal this morning.
4th- 19F (Q-678) brutally cold, and treacherous enough roads that they cancelled our enrichment day.
5th- 27F (Q-679) cold, a small overnight snow. Nice day to hang out and play games with friends.
6th- 33F (Q-680) cold, sunny, still lots of snow on the ground.
7th- 30F (Q-681) cold, overcast, a little snow in the evening.
8th- 31F (Q-682) cold, overcast, then a sunny afternoon.
9th- 41F (Q-683) cold, overcast, expecting some overnight snow.
10th- 30F (Q-684) cold, snow flurries, the road was okay when the sun peaked out in the afternoon. Sidewalks are slippery and hazardous.
11th- 39F (Q-685) cold, wet, and started the day by shovelling some wet overnight snow. Poor Billy wiped out on the way to his car on a patch of ice that hardened overnight.
12th- 19F (Q-686) cold, overnight sleet feel on a later of ice. William had a belt test today though, so Alice and I put out lots of salt.
13th- 19F (Q-687) cold, enough snow for Alice and I to have to shovel again.
14th- 22F (Q-688) cold, but at least no new snow.
15th- 30F (Q-689) cold, the main roads were fully cleared, and the side roads were manageable.
16th- 49F (Q- 690) cold, but warmer than it has been. We are expecting a snow event tonight.
17th- 36F (Q-691) cold. We set the high in the morning, and it got colder all day long. At least it didn't freeze all the water that is on the roads overnight. It was very wet yesterday. And we are currently expecting snow tonight.
18th- 27F (Q-692) cold, overnight snow cancelled our enrichment day. Alice and I cleared the snow early, and the roads were not atrocious when I went for our grocery appointment.
19th- 21F (Q-693) overnight snow for Avia's sleep over. The plows came through, but we didn't shovel, as not much accumulated.
20th- 47F (Q-694) lots of melting snow, lots of cold wind.
21st- 46F (Q-695) the sun was brilliant and felt so good when we went out for our nature trip today.
22nd- 52F (Q-696) the day was grey, rainy and foggy. At least it wasn't brutally cold.
23rd- 25F (Q-697) cold, snowy, but didn't stay thanks to our past couple of "warm" days.
24th- 28F (Q-698) cold, and we are expecting 2-4" of snow tonight. Also, unrelated, but might be noteworthy, Russia declared war on Ukraine today.
25th- 26F (Q-699) cold, more overnight snow. My kind neighbor was back and cleared both drives for us!
26th- 31F (Q-700) cold, and windy, but a sunny afternoon. A pleasant day to attend the Viking fest in Charlotte with the Cornishes.
27th- 38F (Q-701) cold, but sunny.
28th- 38F (Q-702) cold, with a sunny morning, but overcast afternoon.
March
1st-47F (Q-703) cold, with watery sunshine, but things are starting to melt, and the temperatures are finally trending upward!!
2nd- 43F (Q-704) cold, overcast, grey.
3rd- 31F (Q-705) cold, windy, more watery sun.
4th- 41F (Q-706) cold, but sunny and didn't hurt to be outside.
5th- 61F (Q-707) cold, but not the worst once it warmed up.
6th- 41F (Q-708) we hit the high early in the day, and had high wind warnings.
7th- 34F (Q-709) it snowed quite a bit today, then melted away in the afternoon sun.
8th- 38F (Q-710) cold, but the sun made it feel warmer than it was.
9th- 44F (Q-711) still cold, sunny, but also windy.
10th- 34F (Q-712) cold, watery sun, windy.
11th- 30F (Q-713) overnight 6" of snow caught us all by surprise. My wonderful neighbor came by with his plow and our immediate neighbor knocked out a good bit of our sidewalk, so I only spent 10 minutes on snow removal.
12th- 20F (Q-714) cloudy and cold.
13th- 40F (Q-715) cold, and more snow, but sunny enough to melt what fell on the pavement.
14th-54F (Q-716) cold, sunny, but a rough morning thanks to the time change.
15th- 53F (Q-717) cold, melting snow, and delightfully sunny.
16th- 66F (Q-718) it didn't hurt to go outside!!
17th- 72F!!! (Q-710) y'all! It felt so good, I couldn't wait to get outside and do some chores. We knocked out the burn pile, picked up brand branches, and trimmed part of the flower bed for new growth.
18th- 55F (Q-711) the salubrious weather has abated, and it was back to cold, windy and even a little precipitation.
19th- 44F (Q-712) rainy, overcast and cold.
20th- 57F (Q-713) sunny and flirting with warm.
21st- 64F (Q-714) sunny, and warm enough for the kids to ask for swimsuits (but it was totally not warm enough for that.)
22nd- 46F (Q-715) overcast, a little drizzle, cold.
23rd-51F (Q-716, masks are now optional everywhere) rainy and cloudy and cold.
24th- 47F (Q-717) overcast, rainy and cold.
25th- 47F (Q-718) a little snow midday, scattered rain.
26th- 34F (Q-719) there was snow, on the ground, and more falling when we woke up this morning. Ugh.
27th- 28F (Q-720) cold, but decisively sunny.
28th- 32F (Q-721) cold, a little windy, not the best to knock out our outdoor spring break list. So, we made baguettes, dinner dumplings, dessert dumplings and Alice made garlic bread.
29th- 43F (Q-722) cold, sunny, and we are expecting overnight precipitation.
30th- 59F (Q-723) cold, bouts of rain.
31st- 41F (Q-724) cold, windy.
April
1st- 40F (Q-725) cold, snowy, windy. Brrrr.
2nd- 43F (Q-726) cold, with a watery sun, but at least it wasn't windy.
3rd- 46F (Q-727) cold, the sun managed to peek through for a couple of hours.
4th- 47F (Q-728) cold, temporarily sticking snow, but a sunnier afternoon.
5th- 57F (Q-729) cold, but no wind and the sun felt so warm.
6th- 50F (Q-730) cold, rainy, a rough drive to and from Grand Rapids. A little sun this evening.
7th- 47F (Q-731) another cold rainy day, but not quite as much rain as yesterday.
8th- 44F (Q-732) cold and rainy.
9th- 50F (Q-733) cold, watery sun.
10th- 57F (Q-734) cold, but sunny and still and felt lovely to work outside.
11th- 65F (Q- 735) cold, but sunny and it warmed up enough that Emily, Grace and William spent hours outside in the warmer weather.
12th- 66F (Q-736) a pleasant, sunny day.
13th- 67F (Q-737) warm, but rainy.
14th- 53F (Q-737) cold and oh so windy.
15th- 45F (Q-738) cold, windy and rainy.
16th- 42F (Q-739) cold, a little sun, a little wind made it feel colder.
17th- 41F (Q-740) sunny and still, but a cold Easter Sunday.
18th- 39F (Q-741) cold, and snowy/rainy. Gross.
19th- 42F (Q-742) cold, windy, the sun tried to come out, but only succeeded in melting the overnight snow and then hid again.
20th- 54F (Q-743) cold, windy, very little sun, but we took our nature walk anyhow.
21st- 62F (Q-744) rainy morning, but once the clouds cleared out it was warm enough for a walk without my coat!
22nd- 51F grey, rainy and cold.
23rd- 80F a beautiful day to celebrate four 8-year-olds! (G/J and their bffs.)
24th- 79F the warmth stuck around, but the sun did not. It was a little rainy, and a little cloudy, bit we saw a few minutes of sun.
25th- 58F my world is cold and gray.
26th- 43F the day started cold and the wind just drove the temperature down down down.
27th- 46F cold, deceptively sunny.
28th- 54F cold, but sunny. Mowed for the first time this year, but my lawnmower battery gave out during the transition from the front yard to the backyard.
29th- 60F a chill in the air, but sunny and still, and a pretty day.
30th- 61F no sun, but rain off and on made for a cold day. I planted my garden seeds inside today!
May
1st- 61F off and on rain. Planted a few plants outside, and covered a few with milk carton greenhouses. I'll cover the others as we drink more milk.
2nd- 55F cold, windy, not a fun day to pull weeds in the garden, so I didn't last long.
3rd- 51F cold, rainy, gray. Not a fun day.
4th- 58F rainy morning, but the sun came out and warmed things up a bit
5th- 61F a pleasant day. We did a little work in the garden and I mowed the lawn, in long sleeves because it's still that chilly.
6th- 61F rainy all morning, but clear and warmer evening.
7th- 66F a sunny pleasant day.
8th- 67F so sunny, and warm enough that Billy and I both managed to get sunburns!
9th- 75F sunny and pretty but Emily and I are both under the weather.
10th- 79F overcast, and warm, but the wind was still chilling.
11th- 84F warm and lots of sun. I little overcast in the evening. Billy got whatever Emily and I had.
12th- 89F is what my car read this afternoon. I mowed the lawn, we went for an after dinner walk, and then we sat on the front porch for a spell.
13th- 86F lovely and sunny and warm.
14th- 85F a pretty day for a spring farmer's market and game day with the Cornishes.
15th- 82F sunny most of the day, while Emily had her pictures taken for ballet. Avia instigated an impromptu park trip with Emily, Grace and Juliet who got in a little swim time. We dropped Billy off at the airport, he'll be in Texas this week for work.
16th- 73F sunny, but windy and cooling down. My washer stopped draining, mid-load so I hung the sopping wet towels on the fence to dry, so that I can take some loads over to Sarah's.
17th- 66F sunny, but so chilly that I had to switch back into pants. William rocked his belt test and is now an 8th kyu.
18th- 56F cold, rainy and dreary. Despite all that, my refrigerator, washer and car are all fixed and Billy is home!!
19th- 76F chilly, cloudy morning, but the sun came out and dried things off. Mowed the lawn, but it seems to be growing extra fast this year!
20th- 85F sunny, beautiful day for garage sailing!
21st- 71F rainy morning and forecast as a rainy day. But, it turned out dry enough, and sunny enough for a fun shooting event at Chief Okemos shooting range!
22nd- 62F windy and cold. Grace and Juliet hung out at Zoey's.
23rd- 63F chilly morning, for our final Monday of the year!
24th- 66F chilly day, but sunny and warm enough with a brisk walking pace and long sleeves.
25th- 69F chilly and rainy.
26th- 74F warm, but off and on rain made it impossible to mow.
27th- 66F overcast and rainy a good part of the day. The rain stopped in the afternoon. Or garden is happy.
28th- 80F a lovely day for the lainsburg springfest.
29th- 80F a beautiful day for visiting a new park.
30th- 83F a pleasant, slightly windy day for a parade.
31st- 87F a nice day for a trip to the zoo and a park in between ballet and karate.
June
1st- 78F a pretty day, but chilly evening.
2nd- 73F a very chilly morning, with a bit of rain. Turned into a pleasant afternoon.
3rd- 75F a pretty sunny day, with a little chill in the evening.
4th- 71F a beautifully day to go garage sailing.
5th- 70F supposedly, but it was an awfully cold 70 degrees to go to the fair.
6th- 74F overcast with a tiny bit of rain mid day, but warmed up afterward.
7th- 72F chilly air, chilly wind, but an overall sunny day for lots of errands.
8th- 70F but it felt much cooler than that once the afternoon rain started.
9th- 72F chilly day as the rain dried out. A busy day of mowing, groceries, karate and a trip to the farmer's market.
10th- 74F pleasant enough for sitting outside waiting for the EaTran.
11th- 76F a nice day for hanging out in our PJs.
12th- 73F a pretty day for a walk.
13th- 84F a lovely day for the beach via the doctor, even if a storm chased us away early.
14th- 87F a warm day to finish out Emily's ballet year (save the recital) and then karate (indoors) for William.
15th- 93F the warmest day we've had so far. Billy turned on the air when he got home.
16th- 88F a nice day to mow and fill up the inflatable pool.
17th- 81F warm enough that my children "swam" in the pool for almost 4 hours! We also celebrated an early Scooby Doo Day. = )
18th- 73F cold so cold in the shade, but the zoo animals loved it. And the kids still insisted on a swim day.
19th- 79F warmer, but a little chilly in the morning.
20th- 87F a nice day for a trip to the aquatic center in Charlotte and the first round of library prizes. William headed to Texas with Avia today.
21st- 95F a pretty day to splash around in the pool with Emily's bff Abby (and her sister Aubrey.)
22nd- 86F a busy day full of library time, ballet rehearsals and another trip to the aquatic center.
23rd- 81F another busy day of chores for me (for our upcoming yogi bear trip) but a little fun by having lunch with Billy, and meeting up with Nicole and Abby to surprise Emily at her recital.
24th-90F we knocked out a long list of maintenance chores: hair cuts, car wash, grocery pickup.
25th- 88F a beautiful day to hit a couple of yard sales, make some baclava and catch up on old episodes in anticipation of the new ones
26th- 81F a beautiful day for a bike ride or two!
27th- 76F a chilly morning and evening, bit a nice enough day to weed the garden and collect William, Leon and Avia from the airport.
28th- 82F a beautiful day to start our camping trip, but a little chilly for swimming.
29th- 83F a warm lovely day at the campground.
30th- 86F a third pretty day at jellystone! Avia drove over to join us in some fun.
July
1st- 73F a pleasant, but chilly, morning rounding out our final day of camping. An overcast but pretty visit to the beach.
2nd-82F a pretty day to visit the Horrocks gardens.
3rd- 85F a nice day to take an evening walk to drop off our ballots.
4th- 91F a strange day, with a clear morning for Grace's airport drop off, and a clear afternoon, but rainy night.
5th- 87F my days feel very mixed and abstract. William attended karate for the first time in two weeks, which hopefully will get us back on our normal track.
6th-77F mostly stayed home waiting for services and deliveries, but had a nice evening walk.
7th- 83F a pretty day to walk down to the farmer's market.
8th- 76F rain didn't keep us away from a swim in the Charlotte pool.
9th- 79F a beautiful day to take our bikes out on some local trails.
10th- 81F a beautiful day, Billy and I rode the Lansing trail about 10 miles today!
11th- 79F a pretty day for a local bike ride, but a rainy night to pick up Grace, Avia and Leah from the airport.
12th- 79F spent the day at the pool, then karate, then a bike ride after dinner.
13th- 75F a smattering of morning rain as we drove to Grand Rapids, a smooth x-ray, blood work, appointment, then fun swimming at Ionia State Park.
14th- 79F a sunny, perfect day for the Eaton County fair!
15th-79F cloudy, but not raining until the evening.
16th- 81F very humid, but we collected the first cucumber from our garden!
17th- 78F overcast and dark all day.
18th- 88F sunny for Emily's first day of nature camp, and Avia, Juliet and Leah's trip to Texas.
19th- 90F another warm day for Emily's camp. And a lucky day for finding some big cucumbers!
20th- 93F When Emily came home from camp, she told me that today is supposed to be the hottest day of the week.
21st- 87F Another warm sunny day for my camper! And a smooth pickup in Potterville.
22nd- 89F a beautiful day to finish out Emily's week of summer camp!
23rd- 92F a nice day for a bike ride, then a stop in at dimes.
24th- 84F Early morning thunderstorms and overcast skies made this lazy Sunday feel cool compared to the rest of the week
25th- 73F a cool day to start a fun and busy week. Today we bought groceries in anticipation of our visitors later this week!
26th- 79F a warm sunny day.
27th- 82F a little cool, little overcast, little rainy. A nice enough day to take the EaTran to go swimming!
28th- 82F a perfect, sunny day for meet up and eat up, then Avia treating the kids to ice cream while I ran to Horrocks for party food!
29th- 76F a beautiful, slightly windy, day for our murder mystery party!
30th- 81F beautiful, sunny day for Emily and Cali's yard sale, and Baconfest!
31st- 84F another pretty day for a yard sale.
August
1st- 82F a very mild start to August, with cool evening temperatures.
2nd-83F a clear day for our guests to fly home, and the big girls to fly to Texas.
3rd-91F it was humid and sticky and miserable right before the storm blew through. My garden is happy now though.
4th- 83F expected some rain, got just a few drops.
5th- 85F we had a dry muggy day.
6th- 89F a warm, sunny day to attend a family fun event in Fowler.
7th- 85F a warm start to the day, and a beautiful rain in the afternoon.
8th- 84F a warm, overcast day, full of phone calls and emails.
9th- 77F a fall chill was certainly in the air this morning, and more phone calls and emails to while waiting the entire day for the big girls.
10th- 81F a pleasant day to go to the pool. Which means we met our goal of going every week this summer!
11th- 79F a nice day to go to meet the teacher with the three little ones!
12th- 75F a beautiful day for yard sailing, teacher visits and William's 7th Kyu belt test!
13th- 67F it was cold and rainy today as we helped build the play scape at the Cornishes new house.
14th- 69F once the rain stopped, we were able to finish building the play scape, and it warmed up enough to remove our layers!
15th- 77F a temperate day for my three little ones to return to school!
16th- 81F a pleasant day to walk to school and thrift shopping with my Emily.
17th- 78F another pretty day to walk to school with the little ones, and get Alice and Emily set up with 6th/Beginning band.
18th- 82F evening two at potterville; this time to finish paperwork and pick up Chromebooks.
19th- 84F a pretty day to go out to garage sales.
20th- 80F a beautiful day to celebrate our favorite Alice!
21st- 79F a lovely day at the optimist event.
22nd- 80F a very pretty day for the big girls to go back to school.
23rd- 80F a pretty day to me, but the big girls complained that their field day/team building was hot and uncomfortable.
24th- 84F a chilly morning, but a pretty, sunny day.
25th- 79F a warm day, with a little rain at the end. Juliet was sick, and throwing up all day, and Sarah went to the hospital with 50+ bee stings, after mowing over a hive.
26th- 75F 3/5 stayed home sick, so we weakly finished the week, but we did our best.
27th- 80F a very pretty day. And Billy built a raised bed for me to enlarge my garden next year!
28th- 85F a pretty day, but now I'm feeling under the weather.
29th- 83F a rainy morning, rainy evening, terrible day for Emily and I to be sick.
30th- 75F a cloudy day that must have had rain at some point in the early morning, as it was wet when we left from Ann arbor. Strong winds last night left our lawn littered with branches.
31st- 80F a clear, warm day for Emily to try cross country again. And Billy was the last to succumb to the illness.
September
1st- 85F a pretty day for me, Alice, Emily to work concessions at the first football game of the year in their new district.
2nd- 84F a warm sunny day. Went to the empty playground for Emily to run and Grace to ride her bike, before an at home test indicated that Billy and I are positive for covid.
3rd- 86F humid and very warm for our weekend of quarantine. A storm blew in late and cooled it way down.
4th-70F a cool day; stayed in quarantine.
5th- 73F a pleasant day for Emily to run her holiday miles and make a Horrocks run with Alice.
6th- 76F an overcast day with a chilly morning. Subbed at the little ones school for the first time this year, and got to sub in WGJ classes.
7th- 76F it's very chilly in the mornings, but the days are still pretty.
8th- 82F a sunny, pretty day, but a very cold morning.
9th- 81F a sunny day, with a cool morning.
10th- 85F a warm pretty day for Emily to run her first cross country meet.
11th- 71F a rainy, but pleasant enough day to visit South Haven.
12th- 63F a chilly day to explore South Haven, but we made it to Captain Lou's!
13th- 72F a super cold morning, but a nice enough afternoon to be in a skirt and hoodie.
14th- 77F a warmer day than yesterday, but still needed the hoodie in the morning.
15th- 76F a pleasant day the whole way through.
16th- 80F a warm day for yard sailing and working the concession stand.
17th- 82F a pleasant day to try a new burger place, the kids to go with Avia to a church picnic, and for Emily to spend time with some new friends.
18th- 81F a nice day, the fall chill is in the air.
19th- 79F a very pretty day.
20th- 77F a nice morning, but rainy, stormy afternoon.
21st- 82F a beautiful morning, stormy midday, breezy afternoon. According to my app, this is the last nice day. Tomorrow is cold
22nd- 60F chilly, but sunny. It was nice going back to family skate night.
23rd- 60F another "fall" day, and it was chilly, even in the sun.
24th- 63F a chilly, overcast day. We started with some rain and didn't see the sun at all.
25th- 64F more chill, clouds and rain.
26th- 57F a cold, rainy day to be outside, though, it did hold off until the end of Emily's zoo field trip!
27th- 59F cold and off and on rainy. WGJ p/t conferences went well.
28th- 58F cold with some clouds, but not terribly dreary.
29th- 60F chilly, but sunny.
30th-65F cold morning, pretty day, cold night to work the football stand.
October
1st- 66F a pretty day, we caught the very beginning of oktoberfest at horrocks.
2nd- 64F a nice day, the air is so chilly. William had a great time at a friend's party today!
3rd- 68F a sunny day, with a foggy start
4th-70F a pretty day, lots of chill in the air. Emily had a Tuesday meet, which was a little strange.
5th- 72F it is chilly, but another sunny, pleasant day.
6th- 71F a warm enough day, mostly sunny, but some cold wind and rain blew in after dark
7th- 50F it was cold and windy, but we learned to play euchre.
8th- 52F it was cold and windy, but a little sunny for Emily's race (with a 530 wake up call.)
9th- 66F not as awful as it's been, but cold in the wind! Leaves are all fall colors and raining down.
10th- 63F a pretty day.
11th- 74F the final pretty day on the calendar, probably for the year. Grace helped me tear out our decrepit garden vines and flourishing weeds, to ready it for winter.
12th- 69F warmer than I expected. A few bouts of rain. As well as first raking of the season.
13th- 51F rainy off and on, windy and chilly all day.
14th- 55F a pretty, sunny day, for a drive down to Ann Arbor.
15th- 52F a clear, chilly, evening to go watch an outdoor movie and hang out by a fire pit with some friends.
16th- 51F a clam, cold autumn day.
17th- 44F a rainy cold day. Emily braved the weather for her penultimate cross country meet of the year.
18th- 41F another cold rainy day.
19th- 45F and windy! Rainy morning, but it cleared out in time for Emily's final cross country meet of the year.
20th- 49F we didn't get quite as warm as they predicted, but we did get our first snow on this side of summer.
21st- 68F a pleasant end to the football season in the concession stand.
22nd- 76F! it was warm and lovely for the clothes we wore to the end of season cross country party!
23rd- 75F another warm pretty day to tackle outside projects!
24th- 77F I didn't even need my jacket today. We cleaned up another round of leaves.
25th- 72F We used the warm day to rake leaves, again. It's really crazy how many leaves fall each day.
26th- 58F was the high! With the rain it just got colder and colder. Also, most of the leaves are in our yard and off the trees.
27th- 51F no wind, no rain, full sun. It wasn't an awful day to mulch the leaves with my mower.
28th- 62F another best as can be October day! Sunny, no wind, no rain, just wonderful weather for our first time hosting a trunk at trunk or treat.
29th- 63F another pretty day. Despite the chili, we headed to swim at a glow party in Charlotte (indoors of course.)
30th- 61F another pretty day. And a blissfully lazy one.
31st- 58F a rainy, foggy start to the day, but we had a nice evening for trick or treating! I think this is the warmest Halloween we've had since we moved here!
November
1st- 66F sunny and pretty.
2nd- 67F sunny and warm and lovely for November!!
3rd- 70F on my birthday! In November! I'm Michigan!
4th- 70F a slightly windy day, but still warm enough to show Erin Elise around our corner of Michigan.
5th- 67F and Erin Elise brought the west Texas wind with her! It was a little dark and rainy, but warm enough for a murder.
6th- 64F a nice morning spent with Erin Elise before she left.
7th- 53F the air is so cold, but the sun felt nice and the wind was scarce.
8th- 54F a chilly, but sunny day. Overall very pleasant.
9th- 65F another warm, for November, day! A little overcast in the afternoon, but overall sunny.
10th- 75F warm enough for my kids to play with water balloons!!
11th- 59F today we felt the cold descending upon us.
12th- 39F winter is here.
13th- 37F so cold, and a few stray flakes.
14th- 37F cold, not as windy, the sun peeked out for just a few moments.
15th- 35F the first sticking snow of the season!
16th- 35F cold, but no new snow.
17th- 32F cold and snow off and on all day. Nothing treacherous so far.
18th- 30F enough snow that potterville cancelled, but the litte ones still had school. Grace stayed home sick, and when Juliet was sent home, I grabbed William too, and we had a quiet day at home.
19th- 25F an overcast day, with a little snow, and slow recovery for my sick ones.
20th- 25F a little snow overnight and in the morning. A beautiful sun in the afternoon.
21st- 38F cold, but sunny. Felt good to be above freezing for a bit.
22nd- 45F cold, but in the sun, it was still cold. Lol
23rd- 57F y'all, my car read 57 today! It wasn't biting cold. Not warm by any means, but one more day that the cold was not trying to kill me.
24th- 53F a wonderful Thanksgiving. We could have had much a much chillier picture session and outdoor lighting. I'll try not to complain. = )
25th- 49F Juliet had a quick visit to Helen DeVos, then we went to do fun things at the mall!
26th- 55F not brutal, but still spent the majority of the day indoors.
27th- 40F cold and wet.
28th- 43F cold, breezy, but subbed in the office for the first time, so didn't get out much.
29th- 52F grey and windy, the sun came out late in the day.
30th- 30F so so windy. I ran home on a break (I was subbing with the little ones today) to grab their ski pants and boots. It was miserable outdoors, but they still went out to the playground.
December
1st- 36F but with the sun and no wind felt much less brutal than yesterday.
2nd- 47F will, that's what my car said, but it was so cold. The clouds were phenomenal though.
3rd- 32F cold and biting wind
4th- 37F cold, a little bit of sun, but mostly gray.
5th- 40F cold, a bit of wind.
6th- 42F cold, but still air made it feel less brutal.
7th- 47F cold, but sunny and still.
8th- 37F cold, but still. A pleasant evening for a band concert.
9th- 34F cold, overcast, ended the day with a dusting of snow.
10th- 35F cold, snow melted a bit.
11th- 37F cold, snow is mostly gone.
12th- 36F cold, but still. Very overcast.
13th- 37F barely staying above freezing, a cold day to fill up with gas.
14th- 41F cold and a little windy.
15th- 40F cold, and the wind made it feel much colder.
16th- 32F cold, a little sleet, little snow, good start to Christmas vacation.
17th- 27F cold, but a decent amount of snow.
18th- 26F cold, but nice day to go nowhere and make our annual gingerbread house. = )
19th- 26F cold, bone chilling wind, no new snow.
20th- 32F cold, sunny, kind of still before the storm blows in on Thursday.
21st- 33F cold, overcast, but no sign of the incoming storm.
22st- 37F cold, and the storm (or at least snow) has arrived, but seems to be pretty puny compared to what they were calling for. (20+ inches of snow)
23rd- 8F cold, bitterly cold and windy, not the most fun time of shovelling, though it was only a few inches, not the overwhelming amount that they called for.
24th- 18F so much snow, and a bit of wind. Our sweet neighbors shovelled and plowed a bit of our area too, so thankfully we didn't have to get out in it today.
25th- 17F even more snow! A little shovelling today, but maybe the storm is slowing down?
26th- 22F a chilly day to venture out, but Emily and I dropped off recycling and Christmas dinner at Aunt Rocky's, then found a few treasures at the thrift shop, then got some tasty food at Aldi. The roads were getting bad again as we ventured home.
27th- 25F the snow is still thick on the ground, but it was sunny, albeit cold.
28th- 44F y'all, it was above freezing today! It was so cold, but it was above freezing, and the snow is no longer on my car!!!!
29th- 50F cold and wet, but above freezing
30th- 51F cold and wet, but a better day to take down outside Christmas decor.
31st- 46F cold, wet, but a fairly warm end to the year.
later days
