Hurricane Isaias Approaching the Gulf Coast; Remnants of Rachel to Impact the Southwest U.S.

Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. A life-threatening storm surge is expected along the coast with damaging wind gusts extending well inland. Areas of heavy rainfall are forecast throughout much of the Southeast U.S. The remnants of Rachel will bring gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the Southwest U.S. this weekend. Read More >

Temperatures averaged below normal across all of Michigan. The coldest departures from normal were over the Western Upper Peninsula where temperatures averaged more than 10 degrees below normal.

Precipitation was below normal across all of the southern 2/3 of Lower Michigan. The northern 1/3 of lower Michigan had above normal precipitation.

Traverse City had the greatest monthly precipitation of any NWS network climate reporting station in Lower Michigan with 6.57 inches.

Snowfall fell in record or near record amounts across Iowa, Minnesota, and parts of Wisconsin and the Michigan Upper Peninsula.

Marquette Michigan recorded 22.1" of snow in October, that now stands as there all time record snowfall for October. The old record was 18.6" in 1979.

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Hurricane Isaias Approaching the Gulf Coast; Remnants of Rachel to Impact the Southwest U.S.

October 2020 Climate In Southwest Michigan