Leelanau Almanac for the Week of Sepember 28 - October 5, 2006
Yellow Maple, photo by Andrew McFarlane
News from the Week
The week's big news story was a report that Sugar Loaf may open for skiing in 2006. There's a report in this week's Enterprise that one lift may open. There was also a report on this year's Leelanau & Northern Michigan wine grape harvest (looking very good!) and a beautifully written piece by Northport student Rose Petoskey called "What's in a name" that is HIGHLY recommended reading. Finally, I strongly urge you to read this article about the Farmland Preservation measure and watch the video.
The Week's Weather
It wasn't what you'd call ideal fall weather over the weekend, but this week has been great: lots of sun, temps in the 50s and 60s and color getting better by the day!
September 28, 2006: Mostly cloudy, some rain & low 50s (53Ëš/36Ëš)
September 29, 2006: Mostly cloudy, some rain & upper 40s (53Ëš/36Ëš)
September 30, 2006: Mostly cloudy, some rain & 50s (57Ëš/46Ëš)
October 1, 2006: Mostly sunny & low 60s (63Ëš/39Ëš)
October 2, 2006: Mostly sunny & mid 70s (77Ëš/52Ëš)
October 3, 2006: Partly sunny & upper 60s (69Ëš/55Ëš) Record rainfall!
October 4, 2006: Early clouds, late afternoon sun & 60 (62Ëš/46Ëš)
Click for the Leelanau news archive from September 29th - October 5th, 2005!
The National Weather Service reported that a record daily maximum rainfall was recorded at Traverse City for an October 3rd. 2.01 inches of rain fell at the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, breaking the old record of 1.82 inches set in 1983. The amazing thing was that almost all of it fell from 10 PM to midnight!
Comment by Andrew McFarlane — October 5, 2006 @ 8:27 am