All-time weather records — East Lansing, MI

Record high
100.9°F
July 7, 1988
Record low
-20.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
4.50 in
September 14, 2008

Climate change signal in East Lansing

0%

of East Lansing's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
11
23
1960s
75
87
1970s
61
63
1980s
69
81
1990s
76
69
2000s
74
43
2010s
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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 1957, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1957-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 8, 2008 -20.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 1.75 in — Jan 26, 1978
February 64.0°F — Feb 27, 1976 -18.9°F — Feb 10, 1994 1.42 in — Feb 1, 1982
March 80.1°F — Mar 9, 2000 -8.0°F — Mar 2, 1962 2.00 in — Mar 2, 2002
April 90.0°F — Apr 19, 2000 3.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.18 in — Apr 19, 1975
May 91.9°F — May 30, 2006 24.1°F — May 1, 1978 3.10 in — May 16, 2001
June 98.1°F — Jun 26, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 2.87 in — Jun 14, 1994
July 100.9°F — Jul 7, 1988 39.0°F — Jul 2, 2001 2.70 in — Jul 9, 1970
August 100.0°F — Aug 2, 1988 33.1°F — Aug 29, 1982 3.56 in — Aug 20, 1980
September 93.9°F — Sep 8, 1960 26.1°F — Sep 28, 1991 4.50 in — Sep 14, 2008
October 88.0°F — Oct 1, 1971 19.0°F — Oct 25, 1960 2.82 in — Oct 1, 1981
November 75.0°F — Nov 2, 1999 0.0°F — Nov 30, 1958 2.30 in — Nov 15, 1973
December 66.9°F — Dec 3, 1982 -14.1°F — Dec 31, 1963 1.50 in — Dec 30, 1971

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