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Climate of Van Buren County
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The following information was taken from the Soil Survey of Van Buren County, Michigan. Prepared by the Michigan Department of Agriculture, Climatology Division, East Lansing, Michigan.
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Winter in Van Buren County
Summer in Van Buren County
Humidity, Sunshine and Wind
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Winter in Van Buren County
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In winter the average temperature is 25.5 degrees F, and the average daily minimum temperature is 17.8 degrees. The lowest temperature on record, which occurred at Bloomingdale on February 10, 1912, February 5, 1918 and February 7, 1978 is -22 degrees.
The average seasonal snowfall is 91.4 inches. The greatest snow depth at any one time during the period of record was 45 inches, on December 12, 1962. On the average, 64 days of the year have a t least 1 inch of snow on the ground. The number of such days varies greatly from year to year. The highest seasonal snowfall was 158.8 inches, during the winter of 1962-1963. The lowest seasonal snowfall was 21.2 inches, during teh winter of 1905-1906. The heaviest 1-day snowfall on record was 20 inches, on December 10, 1962.
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Summer in Van Buren County
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In summer the average temperature is 69.1 degrees, and the average daily maximum temperature is 81.1 degrees. The highest recorded temperature, which occurred at Bloomingdale on July 5, 1911, is 105 degrees.
The total annual precipitation is 38.28 inches. Of this, 21.31 inches, or about 56 percent, usually falls in April through September. The growing season fo rmost crops falls within this period. In 2 years out of 10, the rainfall in Apri through September is less than 17.3 inches. The heaviest 1-day rainfall on record was 9.78 inches at Bloomingdale on September 1, 1914. This is the greatest 24-hour precipitation total ever recorded in the history of Michigan climatological observations. The 9.78 inches fell in only 6 hours. Thunderstorms occur on about 36 days each year.
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Humidity, Sunshine and Wind
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The average relative humidity in mid afternoon is about 62 percent. Humidity is higher at night, and the average at dawn is about 82 percent. The sun shines 62 percent of the time possible in summer and 32 percent in winter. The prevailing wind is from the west. Average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour.
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Page Last Updated: 7/15/2003
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