GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — 1988 saw the worst drought we’ve had since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
The drought began in April and lasted into July.
- Here in Grand Rapids, we had a stretch of 73 days from April 28 – July 9 with only 1.32 inches of rain...
- It wasn’t just the drought, it was the heat. Grand Rapids had a record 37 days that reached 90 degrees and we recorded our first 100-degree day since 1964...
- This was also the year of the Great Yellowstone fire. Nearly 800,000 acres were burnt in that fire. That’s an area about 1.4 times the size of Kent County.
- To our west, Milwaukee went 55 consecutive days with no measurable rain...
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