All-time weather records — Dowagiac, MI

Record high
125.1°F
March 15, 2005
Record low
-40.0°F
March 16, 2005
Wettest day
5.79 in
August 16, 2016

Climate change signal in Dowagiac

8.7%

of Dowagiac's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1950s
66
35
1960s
49
67
1970s
43
80
1980s
59
47
1990s
60
39
2000s
34
66
2010s
42
27
2020s
13
5

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 1953, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1953-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 24, 1967 -20.9°F — Jan 16, 1972 2.20 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 72.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -23.1°F — Feb 7, 1978 2.64 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 125.1°F — Mar 15, 2005 -40.0°F — Mar 16, 2005 1.95 in — Mar 8, 2009
April 89.1°F — Apr 16, 2002 6.1°F — Apr 8, 1972 4.00 in — Apr 17, 2020
May 125.1°F — May 6, 2005 1.9°F — May 6, 2005 3.65 in — May 3, 2018
June 102.9°F — Jun 20, 1953 30.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.20 in — Jun 25, 1968
July 102.9°F — Jul 31, 1999 37.9°F — Jul 6, 1972 4.90 in — Jul 23, 1959
August 100.0°F — Aug 2, 1988 36.0°F — Aug 9, 1964 5.79 in — Aug 16, 2016
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 26.1°F — Sep 23, 2002 4.78 in — Sep 11, 2000
October 88.0°F — Oct 2, 1971 12.9°F — Oct 17, 2002 3.96 in — Oct 15, 2017
November 77.0°F — Nov 1, 2024 3.9°F — Nov 18, 1959 2.56 in — Nov 28, 1990
December 72.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -20.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.94 in — Dec 24, 1965

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