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Coldest Morning In Two Years

Posted at 3:22 PM, Jan 22, 2013
and last updated 2013-01-22 15:22:39-05

WEST MICHIGAN — (FOX 17) — The coldest temperatures of the season so far have arrived to West Michigan. Although no records were broken, it has been a while since it has been this cold.

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The official low temperature in Grand Rapids on Tuesday morning was 2 below. This is just a few degrees from the record low of 6 below set in 1970. It has been almost exactly two years since there has been a below-zero temperature in Grand Rapids. On January 23, 2011, the low was 9 below.

Here are some other low temperatures from around the region:

  • Big Rapids, 6 below
  • Clarksville, 8 below
  • Hastings, 6 below
  • Battle Creek, 7 below
  • Marshall, 7 below
  • Leota (Clare County), 13 below
  • Muskegon, 5 above
  • Holland, 7 above

Temperatures tonight will dip below zero, though by morning many locations will have recovered to above-zero readings.

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