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Over Southwest Michigan, May has largely been drier than normal and cooler than normal Overall the next two weeks will mostly be that way.



















Warmer Temperatures are expected for the Great Lakes area through Mother’s Day








It may be cool today and tomorrow but warmer than normal temperatures are expected from this coming weekend through the 3rd week in May.









Here are the last freeze dates for several locations in Southwest Michigan



Freezing low temperatures should be expected over Lower Michigan next week (first week of May)
















I am expecting this summer, in Southwest Michigan to be near normal to slightly warmer than normal in the mean temperature but the frequency of very hot days, highs of 90F or more is likely to be less than normal.











Cooler temperatures are expected to prevail over southwest Michigan into through the first week of May. Milder conditions are expected to follow by mid month.



Why May This Change Be Happening?
As for why this may be happening I will look at the how the water temperatures in the Tropical Pacific have recently changed. Typically this sort of change forces large scale changes in the northern hemisphere wave pattern.




