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Pacific Storm System Across the West; Fire Weather Concerns in the Southeast

A Pacific storm system will bring strong winds and low elevation rain to much of the West Coast, and heavy high elevation mountain snow to the Sierra-Nevada through Wednesday. Fire weather concerns will continue into Tuesday across the Mid-South and Southeast as gusty winds and dry conditions persist. Read More >

Here is a look at the past climatology trends from the past 30 years. This is not a forecast.

The first graphic shows the frequency by day of severe weather in Southwest Michigan from 1985 to 2021. The black line is the trend line. Typically the highest occurrence of severe weather is from June to September with peaks and lulls. 

                   

 

 

        Second, is a graph showing the trends of severe storms from 1985 to 2021. 

                  

 

 

Lastly is a chart showing severe storm events from last year compared to normal. A severe storm event is large, damaging hail or damaging winds.