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Grand Rapids, Michigan weather · now

75°

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Feels
76°
High / Low
81° / 64°
Wind
17 mph E
Humidity
74%
Dry now; thunderstorms expected around 2:00 PM.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 51% · 2 PM

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ModerateAir quality PollenTreeNoneGrassModerateWeedModerate
Sun 6:44 AM 8:51 PM 14h 7m
Moon Waning Crescent 3% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Grand Rapids, Michigan, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect slight chance showers and thunderstorms today. Today's high is 81° with a low near 64°.

What to wear today

T-shirt and shorts, grab the umbrella

Warm 81°F with passing rain.

Next 24 hours

60° 75° 85° ↑ 80° ↓ 65° 12 PM 3 PM 6 PM 9 PM 12 AM 3 AM 6 AM 9 AM

  1. 12 PM

    75°

    24%

  2. 2 PM

    78°

    51%

  3. 4 PM

    79°

    51%

  4. 6 PM

    79°

    37%

  5. 8 PM

    78°

    13%

  6. 10 PM

    73°

    13%

  7. 12 AM

    70°

    7%

  8. 2 AM

    68°

    7%

  9. 4 AM

    67°

    5%

  10. 6 AM

    66°

    0%

  11. 8 AM

    66°

    2%

  12. 10 AM

    73°

    0%

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7 days

  1. Today 8/11 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 51% 81° · 64°
    1. 12 PM 75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24%
    2. 1 PM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24%
    3. 2 PM 78° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 51%
    4. 3 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 51%
    5. 4 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 51%
    6. 5 PM 80° Chance Rain Showers 37%
    7. 6 PM 79° Chance Rain Showers 37%
    8. 7 PM 79° Chance Rain Showers 37%
    9. 8 PM 78° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    10. 9 PM 75° Partly Cloudy 13%
    11. 10 PM 73° Partly Cloudy 13%
    12. 11 PM 71° Mostly Cloudy 7%
  2. Wed 8/12 Partly Sunny 13% 83° · 64°
    1. 12 AM 70° Partly Cloudy 7%
    2. 1 AM 69° Partly Cloudy 7%
    3. 2 AM 68° Partly Cloudy 7%
    4. 3 AM 68° Partly Cloudy 5%
    5. 4 AM 67° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    6. 5 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    7. 6 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy
    8. 7 AM 65° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    9. 8 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 2%
    10. 9 AM 69° Mostly Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 73° Partly Sunny
    12. 11 AM 76° Partly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 78° Mostly Cloudy
    14. 1 PM 79° Partly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 81° Mostly Sunny 13%
    16. 3 PM 81° Mostly Sunny 8%
    17. 4 PM 81° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 82° Mostly Sunny 3%
    19. 6 PM 81° Partly Cloudy 5%
    20. 7 PM 80° Mostly Clear 8%
    21. 8 PM 79° Mostly Clear 10%
    22. 9 PM 76° Mostly Clear 10%
    23. 10 PM 73° Partly Cloudy 10%
    24. 11 PM 71° Partly Cloudy 10%
  3. Thu 8/13 Slight Chance Rain Showers 16% 82° · 60°
    1. 12 AM 70° Partly Cloudy 10%
    2. 1 AM 69° Partly Cloudy 10%
    3. 2 AM 68° Partly Cloudy 3%
    4. 3 AM 67° Partly Cloudy 3%
    5. 4 AM 66° Partly Cloudy 3%
    6. 5 AM 66° Partly Cloudy 3%
    7. 6 AM 65° Mostly Sunny 3%
    8. 7 AM 65° Mostly Sunny 3%
    9. 8 AM 66° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    10. 9 AM 69° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    11. 10 AM 72° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    12. 11 AM 75° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    13. 12 PM 77° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    14. 1 PM 79° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    15. 2 PM 80° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    16. 3 PM 80° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    17. 4 PM 80° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    18. 5 PM 80° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    19. 6 PM 79° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    20. 7 PM 78° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    21. 8 PM 76° Mostly Cloudy 3%
    22. 9 PM 74° Mostly Cloudy 3%
    23. 10 PM 73° Partly Cloudy 3%
    24. 11 PM 71° Partly Cloudy 3%
  4. Fri 8/14 Mostly Sunny 15% 80° · 59°
    1. 12 AM 69° Partly Cloudy 3%
    2. 1 AM 68° Partly Cloudy 3%
    3. 2 AM 66° Partly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 65° Mostly Clear
    5. 4 AM 63° Mostly Clear
    6. 5 AM 62° Mostly Clear
    7. 6 AM 61° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 60° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 61° Sunny
    10. 9 AM 64° Sunny
    11. 10 AM 68° Sunny
    12. 11 AM 72° Mostly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 75° Mostly Sunny
    14. 1 PM 76° Mostly Sunny
    15. 2 PM 78° Mostly Sunny
    16. 3 PM 79° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 79° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 79° Mostly Sunny
    19. 6 PM 78° Partly Cloudy
    20. 7 PM 77° Partly Cloudy
    21. 8 PM 75° Partly Cloudy 3%
    22. 9 PM 72° Partly Cloudy 3%
    23. 10 PM 69° Partly Cloudy 3%
    24. 11 PM 67° Partly Cloudy 3%
  5. Sat 8/15 Chance Rain Showers 69% 75° · 63°
    1. 12 AM 66° Partly Cloudy 3%
    2. 1 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 3%
    3. 2 AM 64° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    4. 3 AM 63° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    5. 4 AM 62° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    6. 5 AM 61° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    7. 6 AM 60° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    8. 7 AM 59° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    9. 8 AM 60° Chance Rain Showers 36%
    10. 9 AM 63° Chance Rain Showers 36%
    11. 10 AM 66° Chance Rain Showers 36%
    12. 11 AM 69° Chance Rain Showers 36%
    13. 12 PM 71° Chance Rain Showers 36%
    14. 1 PM 71° Chance Rain Showers 36%
    15. 2 PM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    16. 3 PM 73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    17. 4 PM 74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    18. 5 PM 74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    19. 6 PM 74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    20. 7 PM 73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    21. 8 PM 72° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 67%
    22. 9 PM 71° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 67%
    23. 10 PM 69° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 67%
    24. 11 PM 68° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 67%
  6. Sun 8/16 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 69% 78° · 62°
    1. 12 AM 67° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 67%
    2. 1 AM 67° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 67%
    3. 2 AM 67° Rain Showers Likely 69%
    4. 3 AM 67° Rain Showers Likely 69%
    5. 4 AM 66° Rain Showers Likely 69%
    6. 5 AM 66° Rain Showers Likely 69%
    7. 6 AM 65° Rain Showers Likely 69%
    8. 7 AM 65° Rain Showers Likely 69%
    9. 8 AM 65° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 47%
    10. 9 AM 67° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 47%
    11. 10 AM 70° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 47%
    12. 11 AM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 47%
    13. 12 PM 73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 47%
    14. 1 PM 74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 47%
    15. 2 PM 75° Slight Chance Rain Showers 21%
    16. 3 PM 76° Slight Chance Rain Showers 21%
    17. 4 PM 77° Slight Chance Rain Showers 21%
    18. 5 PM 77° Slight Chance Rain Showers 21%
    19. 6 PM 77° Slight Chance Rain Showers 21%
    20. 7 PM 76° Slight Chance Rain Showers 21%
    21. 8 PM 74° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    22. 9 PM 72° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    23. 10 PM 70° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    24. 11 PM 68° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
  7. Mon 8/17 Mostly Sunny 6% 77° · 59°
    1. 12 AM 67° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    2. 1 AM 67° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    3. 2 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 6%
    4. 3 AM 65° Mostly Cloudy 6%
    5. 4 AM 64° Mostly Cloudy 6%
    6. 5 AM 63° Mostly Cloudy 6%
    7. 6 AM 62° Partly Sunny 6%
    8. 7 AM 62° Partly Sunny 6%
    9. 8 AM 63° Partly Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 66° Partly Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 69° Partly Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 72° Partly Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 74° Partly Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 75° Partly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 4%
    16. 3 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 4%
    17. 4 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 4%
    18. 5 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 4%
    19. 6 PM 75° Partly Cloudy 4%
    20. 7 PM 74° Partly Cloudy 4%
    21. 8 PM 73° Partly Cloudy 4%
    22. 9 PM 71° Partly Cloudy 4%
    23. 10 PM 68° Partly Cloudy 4%
    24. 11 PM 66° Partly Cloudy 4%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Tue 8/18 Cloudy 14% 81° · 60°
  2. Wed 8/19 Drizzle 17% 83° · 62°
  3. Thu 8/20 Drizzle 17% 78° · 62°
  4. Fri 8/21 Drizzle 15% 88° · 65°
  5. Sat 8/22 Rain Showers 24% 79° · 60°
  6. Sun 8/23 Partly Cloudy 11% 71° · 52°
  7. Mon 8/24 Sunny 10% 73° · 47°
  8. Tue 8/25 Partly Cloudy 32% 77° · 51°
  9. Wed 8/26 Drizzle 13% 79° · 57°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Monday, 8/17

Mostly Sunny, 77° / 59°

  1. Tomorrow83°64°
  2. Thu82°60°
  3. Fri80°59°
  4. Sat75°63°
  5. Sun78°62°
  6. Mon77°59°

Best time to head outside

Picks the upcoming daytime hour with the most favorable conditions for each activity. Factors in temperature, wind, precipitation timing, and pollen.

  • RunTomorrow 7 AM

    comfortable at 65°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen moderate today

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Bike1 PM

    comfortable at 78°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (24%) · pollen moderate today

    Excellent100 / 100
  • GolfTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 66°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen moderate today

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Picnic1 PM

    comfortable at 78°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (24%) · pollen moderate today

    Excellent100 / 100
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    Any weather is magic show weather. Indoors or out, magic doesn't care.

    Corporate Magician Scott Henderson

How well did we do?

Average miss by lead time.

Each morning we save the day's predicted high/low. As later days arrive, we grade what we said against what the station actually recorded.

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Day-by-day, 1 day out4 days
  1. Yesterday±2°
    High82°84°-2°
    Low64°64°0°
  2. Sun, Aug 9±9°
    High83°81°+2°
    Low68°59°+9°
  3. Sat, Aug 8pending
    High81°——
    Low61°——
  4. Thu, Aug 6pending
    High80°——
    Low63°——

Climate normals

What weather to expect in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids in August typically averages 81° highs and 62° lows, with about 11 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 84°); the coldest is January (average low 15°). January is the wettest month on average.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan27°15°22
Feb32°18°15
Mar50°31°14
Apr59°40°17
May67°47°13
Jun80°61°16
Jul84°65°17
Aug81°62°11
Sep77°57°7
Oct64°46°10
Nov48°36°14
Dec34°22°21

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

This Afternoon
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 83. West wind 0 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain showers between 8am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. North wind 1 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
GRR 41,47
Radar station
KGRR
Time zone
America/Detroit
Coordinates
42.963, -85.668