This is my search interest forecast for March-May. The main project page for this forecast, and corresponding background information, is linked at the bottom of this page. The winter low search interest was higher than forecasted for both peninsulas. For the Upper Peninsula, search interest was significantly higher than last winter and similar to the Read more

Due to computer issues, the February-April search interest forecast will be delayed or cancelled until next month. I’m also going to work on my yearly updates for this model. These updates will be small. My updates are first to remove places with names where search interest is likely related to something other than places in Read more

This is my search interest forecast for January-March. The main project page for this forecast, and corresponding background information, is linked at the bottom of this page. Search interest for December was higher than last year and higher than forecasted but lower than 2023. We seem to be getting more months in the last half Read more

This is my search interest forecast for December-February. The main project page for this forecast, and corresponding background information, is linked at the bottom of this page. Search interest for November was higher than last year and higher than forecasted. We seem to be getting more months in the last half of 2025 that are Read more

This is my search interest forecast for November-January. The main project page for this forecast, and corresponding background information, is linked at the bottom of this page. Search interest for October was similar to last year. This was similar to forecasted for the Lower Peninsula and higher than forecasted for the Upper Peninsula. We seem Read more

This is my search interest forecast for October-December. The main project page for this forecast, and corresponding background information, is linked at the bottom of this page. Search interest for September continued to be lower than last year, especially for the Lower Peninsula. Both were very close to the forecast (though slightly higher). The peak Read more

This is my search interest forecast for September-November. The main project page for this forecast, and corresponding background information, is linked at the bottom of this page. Search interest for August continued to be lower than last year. The Lower Peninsula value was extremely similar to forecasted. The Upper Peninsula value was higher than forecasted. Read more

This is my forecast for Google search interest for Northern Michigan places, August-October 2025. July was the peak annual search interest. This peak was slightly lower for both peninsulas than last year. However, it was higher than forecasted. I had forecasted that search levels would be 80% of the 2022 peak for the Lower Peninsula Read more

This is my forecast for Google search interest for Northern Michigan places, July-September 2025. Forecasts and actuals continue to be lower than last year due to the downward trend in search interest I’ve often mentioned and investigated. However, search interest will be at its peak next month. This peak is forecasted to be about 80% Read more

This is my forecast for Google search interest for Northern Michigan places, June-August 2025. Forecasts and actuals continue to be lower than last year due to the downward trend in search interest I’ve often mentioned and investigated. However, search interest will be at its peak during the next few months. For the Northern Lower, warmer Read more