Michigan’s Biggest 2-Day Temperature Change Will Make You Shiver

If you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait fifteen minutes and it will change.

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That saying will be put to the test on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week as Michigan is looking at an almost 50-degree drop in temperature.

On Tuesday there will be a chance of showers with a high of 70°F during the day.

Then on Wednesday, we can expect it to be windy with snow showers in the morning transitioning to a chance of snow showers later in the day.

The high will be around 32°F

Is this massive temperature shift the biggest in Michigan's history?

Here's what I was able to find out.

Michigan's Biggest 2-Day Temperature Change Will Make You Shiver

The biggest temperature drop in Michigan's recorded weather history, in terms of day-to-day extremes, occurred on November 11, 1911.

The dramatic drop in temps was because of an event known as 'The Great Blue Norther,' which affected parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.

During this weather phenomenon, temperatures in parts of Michigan are said to have fallen approximately 61 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit in 18 hours or less.

While that temperature drop is extreme, it's nowhere near what happened at the same time in Oklahoma.

According to Weather.gov, on November 11, 1911, the afternoon temperature in Oklahoma City reached a record high for the date of 83, before plunging 66 degrees to a record low of 17 at midnight that evening.

Both daily temperature records remain unbroken and untied since 1911.