The Leelanau Almanac for the Week of September 25 – October 1, 2008

Traverse Bay sunset from the Madeline by Jim Sorbie

News from the Week

Stories we looked at this week include the new M-22 Fall Color cooperative marketing site and a bunch of events. Big news today though about the relighting of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse on Saturday!

The Week’s Weather

Fall color stalled this week at 40-50% color.  Some stretches had more advanced color – yellows, oranges, reds – but most remained mostly green. In true Northern Michigan style, the weather went from 80s to 40s over the course of the week. I wonder if there’s any room in the bailout package for a few extra days of that 70+ degree weather??

September 25, 2008: Sunny & low 70s (72/50)
September 26, 2008: Sunny & 80s (82/50)
September 27, 2008: Mostly sunny & 70s with late afternoon rain (76/60)
September 28, 2008: Mostly cloudy & 60 (62/49)
September 29, 2008: Mostly cloudy, light rain & upper 50s (61/51)
September 30, 2008: Cloudy, windy & 50s with heavy wind & rain (60/51)
October 1, 2008: Cloudy, wind, rain & 50 (53/46)

Click for the Leelanau news archives from September 2007 and October 2007 and share the Leelanau stuff folks found at Beachcombing: October 2008.