Michigan Weather

Salting roads becomes less effective when temperatures drop below 15 degrees.

Temperatures will drop after a blanket of snow hit northern Michigan, canceling events and impairing travel across the region.

This post was updated 7/26/23 at 2:35pm The southern half of the Lower Peninsula is under severe thunderstorm watches Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for multiple central lower Michigan counties Thursday afternoon.

Warm and sunny weather in Northern Michigan has been a welcome relief to a cold and rainy April. But low humidity and dry weather has increased the risk of wildfires. The state warns residents to burn responsibly.

Coming off a chilly weekend, many people may be looking for a warm up... and one is on the way. The National Weather Service is projecting a warmer and wetter April across the state.

As winter storms hit Michigan over the last week, they’ve taken out power for nearly half a million residents. But the storms also can hurt trees - which if left unaddressed, can damage homes and utility lines.

Higher temperatures and low ice cover decreases the potential for lake effect snow, which could lead to lower water levels in the spring.

Travel conditions are expected to be poor throughout Michigan on Friday and Saturday as a major winter storm makes its way to the state Thursday night.The lakeshore regions along with the Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula are expected to bear the brunt of the storm with several areas under a blizzard warning until Saturday evening.

“Three inches at rush hour is a major impact.”A challenging snowfall rate, but as Jerry Byrne, Deputy managing Director of Operations for the Kent County Road Commission explains, blizzard conditions present another set of problems including its timing.