Except for July, it was actually a pretty normal summer for temperatures

Out-of-staters show summer love for Michigan | lansingstatejournal.com | Lansing State Journal: "It's no surprise to most people locally: The average Lansing temperature for June, July and August was lower than normal, according to the National Weather Service. July, in particular, was cold - almost 4 degrees lower than the normal average of 70.3 degrees."

Comment -- This sentence above is misleading. A chart in the print edition of the story shows that the actual observed temperature in June was only a tenth of a degree lower than the normal average temperature; the actual observed temperature in August was only two tenths of a degree lower than the normal average temperature. The real change, as noted above, came with a very chilly July.