At midnight, the weather monitor on my back deck read 49°F (9.4°C). This morning, it reported the lowest temperature since was 11°F (−11.7°C) at 8:10. So, a drop of 38 degrees F (−21.1°C; I just love doing conversions) in 8.5 hours. The National Weather Service office at Detroit City Airport (about five miles away) confirms this. They actually went a couple of degrees colder after 8 a.m.

We got skunked on the snow, though. The NWS predicted 2 inches (5cm) of snow, but we only had a trace. Or maybe we did get it, and the wind blew it all away. We had storm-force winds all night. That kept me awake, as I was worried that the tree in the front yard would blow over or siding would come off my house or something.

The only damage in my yard was a branch broken off my tree (I expected more), and the cover blew off my gas barbecue grill on the back deck. The cover has a drawstring; I don't know how it came off, but it did. Fortunately, it was timid, and I found it hiding between the garage and the side fence. It has a small hole in it, but nothing too bad. Other areas have power outages, though.

All in all, not quite as bad as it was predicted, here.