All-time weather records — Chatham, MI

Record high
100.9°F
July 7, 1988
Record low
-34.1°F
March 3, 2003
Wettest day
3.15 in
October 18, 2016

Climate change signal in Chatham

24.9%

of Chatham's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (91 of 366 records since 2015).

18.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (68 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 #
1980s
32
14
1990s
110
95
2000s
96
150
2010s
63
75
2020s
65
32

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 1988, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1987-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 1, 2006 -26.0°F — Jan 26, 2009 1.37 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 60.1°F — Feb 19, 2017 -32.1°F — Feb 28, 2014 1.35 in — Feb 23, 1996
March 82.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -34.1°F — Mar 3, 2003 1.26 in — Mar 17, 2026
April 89.1°F — Apr 25, 1990 -6.0°F — Apr 1, 2025 1.30 in — Apr 10, 2017
May 93.0°F — May 25, 2010 12.9°F — May 14, 2008 2.90 in — May 12, 2006
June 99.0°F — Jun 18, 1995 21.9°F — Jun 5, 1998 2.70 in — Jun 29, 1991
July 100.9°F — Jul 7, 1988 30.0°F — Jul 5, 1998 2.56 in — Jul 7, 2020
August 99.0°F — Aug 7, 2001 30.9°F — Aug 20, 2000 2.45 in — Aug 4, 2017
September 93.0°F — Sep 10, 2002 21.9°F — Sep 8, 1995 2.77 in — Sep 30, 2011
October 87.1°F — Oct 2, 1992 14.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.15 in — Oct 18, 2016
November 77.0°F — Nov 7, 2020 -16.1°F — Nov 26, 2005 2.05 in — Nov 6, 1988
December 59.0°F — Dec 3, 1998 -31.0°F — Dec 25, 2004 1.50 in — Dec 15, 2015

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