All-time weather records — Buchanan, MI

Record high
102.0°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-18.9°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
6.69 in
August 16, 2016

Climate change signal in Buchanan

71.3%

of Buchanan's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (261 of 366 records since 2015).

55.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (204 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
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1950s
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
·
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1990s
·
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2000s
4
12
2010s
216
266
2020s
146
88

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 2009, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1943-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 9, 2026 -18.9°F — Jan 31, 2019 3.83 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 71.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -11.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.93 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 84.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 -2.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.50 in — Mar 4, 2023
April 84.0°F — Apr 28, 2021 15.1°F — Apr 11, 2018 3.74 in — Apr 5, 1947
May 97.0°F — May 27, 2012 24.1°F — May 8, 2017 4.34 in — May 10, 1996
June 97.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 37.0°F — Jun 2, 2025 4.64 in — Jun 25, 1978
July 102.0°F — Jul 6, 2012 41.0°F — Jul 17, 2015 5.16 in — Jul 19, 1970
August 95.0°F — Aug 27, 2024 41.0°F — Aug 26, 2015 6.69 in — Aug 16, 2016
September 96.1°F — Sep 10, 2013 34.0°F — Sep 29, 2013 5.60 in — Sep 13, 2008
October 88.0°F — Oct 4, 2025 27.0°F — Oct 25, 2020 4.17 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 2016 9.0°F — Nov 13, 2019 3.57 in — Nov 27, 1990
December 64.9°F — Dec 3, 2012 -11.0°F — Dec 19, 2016 2.98 in — Dec 24, 1965

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