Northern Michigan will have a low chance of viewing the northern lights Saturday night, with a G1 minor solar storm expected, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center. The stronger the solar storm, the farther south the aurora will appear.

So you might want to take this with a grain of salt, but the latest seasonal outlook for February, March and April that takes us through the end of winter and leads us into Meteorological Spring (which is March, April, May) has most of Southeast Michigan with near average temperatures and above-average precipitation.

A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

On Feb. 9, 1934, Vanderbilt, in Otsego County, recorded the all-time coldest temperature in Michigan — minus 51 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

The extended weather data continues to show a different weather pattern compared to what we've had in January.

The Farmers' Almanac predicts January temps around 27°F, with about 1.5 inches of snow—right on par for this time of year.

The Storm Tracker 12 Weather Team has declared Alert Days for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the potential for dangerously cold air.

Here's what the Michigan weather outlook for February, March, April says about temperatures and precipitation amounts.

A Feb. 21-22, 1971 outbreak claimed 121 lives from Texas to North Carolina, the deadliest February rash of tornadoes in recent times. One F4 tornado near Oxford, Mississippi, killed 58 and injured 800 others, the deadliest single February tornado since 1950.

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The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods for the Great Lakes.

Sky gazers in several U.S. states could get a colorful glimpse of the northern lights as we enter the weekend, thanks to a recent geomagnetic storm.