All-time weather records — Battle Creek, MI

Record high
102.9°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-18.9°F
January 24, 2026
Wettest day
4.21 in
October 14, 2017

Climate change signal in Battle Creek

44%

of Battle Creek's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (161 of 366 records since 2015).

29.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (107 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 #
1990s
41
28
2000s
97
155
2010s
130
132
2020s
98
51

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 1998, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1998-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 7, 2008 -18.9°F — Jan 24, 2026 1.97 in — Jan 11, 2020
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -14.8°F — Feb 5, 2007 3.15 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 84.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 -9.8°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.52 in — Mar 31, 2023
April 84.9°F — Apr 15, 2002 15.3°F — Apr 8, 2018 2.12 in — Apr 2, 2025
May 93.9°F — May 28, 2018 23.2°F — May 9, 2020 2.05 in — May 18, 2000
June 99.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 1.2°F — Jun 6, 2010 2.80 in — Jun 26, 1998
July 102.9°F — Jul 6, 2012 42.1°F — Jul 2, 2001 3.58 in — Jul 2, 2008
August 96.1°F — Aug 1, 2007 44.1°F — Aug 30, 2025 3.73 in — Aug 12, 2025
September 93.9°F — Sep 22, 2017 34.0°F — Sep 19, 2020 3.99 in — Sep 13, 2008
October 87.1°F — Oct 3, 2023 25.2°F — Oct 30, 2008 4.21 in — Oct 14, 2017
November 77.0°F — Nov 9, 2020 8.2°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.07 in — Nov 18, 2003
December 68.0°F — Dec 5, 2001 -11.9°F — Dec 28, 2000 1.86 in — Dec 28, 2025

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