GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — If you’re heading out to ArtPrize Nine, get ready for record to near-record heat.
Even though ArtPrize Nine is only in its second day, it will certainly go down as the warmest start to the competition. That record will likely never be eclipsed, considering temperatures will near records through Tuesday, with highs and lows running 15 to 20 degrees above average.
Forecast temperatures vs record highs
ArtPrize typically falls during the autumnal equinox, which marks a transitional time of year in terms of weather. In West Michigan, conditions range from frosty mornings with temperatures as cold as 30 degrees to sweltering heat. We’ve had perfect stretches of sunshine spanning more than a week and cool and gloomy weather patterns that last just as long. Last year ranked as one of our warmest years of ArtPrize, yet it was also the wettest by more than an inch.
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So far, visitors to five of the past nine ArtPrizes have enjoyed above average temperatures.
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