

Interestingly, the September rain did not extend farther north.

This helped push Detroit to its 4th wettest September on record with 6.28 inches of rain. On September 19, 2011, Detroit recorded 1.81 inches of rainfall which is a record for the date. On September 18, 1977, the tornado sirens beat the alarm clocks when an F1 tornado hit St. Weather History for SE Michigan September 18 September 24ġ950: Smoke from Canadian forest fires gave the sun an eerie bluish cast and darkened the sky across western Michigan. The Muir tornado caused no structural damage but took down some tree limbs. The Caledonia tornado did some roof damage to a storage facility and a barn. September 23Ģ006: Small tornadoes hit Caledonia in Kent County and Muir in Montcalm County. One person was injured and three buildings were heavily damaged. September 22ġ952: Hail covered the ground like snow in Cascade Township, near Grand Rapids.ġ961: A tornado hit two miles north of Marne. September 21ġ863: Lansing records a low temperature of 19 degrees, the coldest on record for the month of September.ġ956: Intense lightning from thunderstorms is responsible for 11 house fires in Ottawa and Kent Counties, accounting for thousands of dollars in damage.ġ967: A small tornado struck just north of Lansing at 10:45 in the morning and destroyed a garage.ġ992: A tornado hit north of Webberville in Ingham County, damaging several outbuildings. September 20ġ957: Thunderstorms with heavy rain of up to 2 inches flooded streets and viaducts in Grand Rapids.ġ968: A tornado hits a rural area about five miles south of Lansing at 2:15 in the morning, damaging two barns and a shed. A boy in Hastings was injured by a lightning strike. September 19ġ997: A line of severe thunderstorms producing wind gusts to 70 mph downed trees and power lines from Allegan County through Jackson County. Weather History for SW Michigan September 18ġ918: A tornado destroyed a large barn about 5 miles southeast of Grand Haven in Ottawa County, and carried the timbers a half mile. Lakeshore counties may even see some lake effect rain tomorrow. There are slight chances of rain and perhaps an isolated storm today with temps in the mid to upper 70s before falling into the 60s for the rest of the week into next week. Mother Nature has conveniently allowed us a warm day before dropping the hammer to allow a cool Canadian airflow into the area tomorrow to welcome the first day of fall. The thunderstorms passed to our west in the afternoon as we were driving down 131 to Kalamazoo my wife and I were marveling at the interesting cloud formations. Yesterday our high in Otsego was 77° and the low was 53°.
