Sunday, September 25, 2011

WIndy August Day on Grand Traverse Bay, MI

It was just a beautiful day with the wind howling from the West.  We stood on the shore near Elk Rapids and watched white caps blow across the bay and clouds race by.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

How Hot Was This Summer?

Weather historian Christopher C. Burt presents a fascinating article on the summer heat records that were broken during the HOT summer of 2011.

For the complete article with a Map and lists go here:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/article.html?entrynum=40

 "I have shaded the region that has just recorded its warmest summer on record. This represents about 15% of the contiguous United States (45 of my 303 stations)." (from Christopher's article).