Freezes should be done soon. Get Bill Steffen's weekday forecast
If you can hold off planting anything frost-sensitive until Wednesday, I think there’s a good chance that most all of us will be done with the frost advisories
I wonder what the record is for most frost advisories/freeze warnings in the spring. We’ve got more cold weather advisories and warnings in Michigan for tonight (early Monday morning) and likely again tomorrow night (early Tuesday morning).
Sunday night we had a freeze warning for Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta and Isabella Counties to the north. It’s a frost advisory for Muskegon, Kent and Montcalm counties to the south.
The freeze warning extends north to the Mackinac Bridge. It will likely get below freezing in parts of Upper Michigan, but vegetation isn’t far enough along to warrant freeze warnings for the U.P.
Here are some forecast low temperatures for tonight (Sunday night). These temperatures are at eye-level, or around 5 feet off the ground. It can be as much as 5 degrees colder than that on a calm, clear night. The warmer temperatures at the lake are from weather stations that are at the shore, and the cooler readings are farther away from the lake. That’s why there is a difference between Holland (37 degrees) and South Haven (43 degrees).
Bottom line, if you can hold off planting anything frost-sensitive until Wednesday, I think there’s a good chance that most all of us will be done with the frost advisories.
Also: Check this out … a winter panorama view of Main Street on Mackinac Island.
5-day forecast
- Monday: Cool with plenty of sunshine. High of 55 degrees. Tonight, partly cloudy and chilly; protect vegetation from potential frost.
- Tuesday: Cloudy and increasingly windy; a passing morning shower followed by periods of rain in the afternoon. High of 63 degrees. In the evening, breezy in the evening with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm; otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy. Low of 46 degrees.
- Wednesday: A morning shower in spots; otherwise, a thick cloud cover, breezy and cooler. High of 51 degrees. In the evening, breezy in the evening; otherwise, turning out clear and chilly. Low of 41 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny; breezy in the afternoon. High of 58 degrees. In the evening, partly cloudy with a low of 45 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and increasingly windy with a shower in spots. High of 66 degrees. In the evening, partly cloudy and breezy, with a low of 53 degrees.
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