WEST MICHIGAN — On this day in weather history Grand Rapids had much colder day planner than today's, 39 years ago.
According to the National Weather Service Grand Rapids, in 1984, the temperature hit a record low of 15 below zero at Grand Rapids for the second consecutive day. The temperature at Lansing only managed to reach zero degrees during the day.
According to National Weather Service records, that winter was one of the coldest on record. The winter prior, 1982 was actually one of the warmest on record.
In 2012, we wrote a story detailing the two winters and the cold snap to follow.
Taking a wider look across the state, records were set in Detroit on this day in 1984 as well.
The National Weather Service of Detroit said, "On January 21, 1984, the overnight temperature dropped to -21 degrees in Detroit! This is the second lowest overnight temperature ever recorded for the city of Detroit."
