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On July 5 in Southwest Lower Michigan…

7/5/1921
A record high of 100 degrees at Grand Rapids contributes to July 1921 becoming the warmest month on record there with a mean temperature of 79.8 degrees.
7/5/1921
One person was injured by a tornado that destroyed three barns while passing north of Alma and Saint Louis in Gratiot County.
7/5/1972
Temperatures fell to record lows in the upper 30s and lower 40s across the region. The 37 degrees at Lansing was the coldest July reading of the 20th century there.
7/5/1994
Thunderstorms with hail and heavy rain pound areas of West Michigan. The 3.56 inches of rain at Grand Rapids makes this the wettest July day on record.
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