All-time weather records — Alpena, MI

Record high
100.0°F
June 19, 1995
Record low
-24.0°F
February 18, 1979
Wettest day
3.34 in
September 10, 1968

Climate change signal in Alpena

14.5%

of Alpena's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (53 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
12
12
1950s
50
54
1960s
48
80
1970s
33
56
1980s
44
36
1990s
46
57
2000s
62
31
2010s
45
32
2020s
26
8

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1948, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.9°F — Jan 13, 2013 -20.9°F — Jan 15, 1994 3.06 in — Jan 1, 1994
February 62.1°F — Feb 23, 1984 -24.0°F — Feb 18, 1979 1.58 in — Feb 17, 1998
March 75.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -13.0°F — Mar 2, 1962 2.00 in — Mar 23, 2022
April 88.0°F — Apr 16, 2002 7.0°F — Apr 3, 1954 1.86 in — Apr 11, 2001
May 93.9°F — May 28, 1969 21.0°F — May 20, 2000 2.04 in — May 7, 1983
June 100.0°F — Jun 19, 1995 34.0°F — Jun 8, 1949 2.40 in — Jun 26, 1969
July 100.0°F — Jul 7, 1988 30.0°F — Jul 10, 2000 2.97 in — Jul 3, 2002
August 100.0°F — Aug 6, 2001 36.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 2.68 in — Aug 12, 2014
September 99.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 25.0°F — Sep 18, 1992 3.34 in — Sep 10, 1968
October 87.1°F — Oct 1, 2002 19.9°F — Oct 23, 1969 2.88 in — Oct 24, 2017
November 77.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 1.0°F — Nov 24, 1950 2.07 in — Nov 27, 1966
December 64.9°F — Dec 3, 1982 -11.9°F — Dec 27, 2004 1.50 in — Dec 29, 2019

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Alpena.