All-time weather records — Elk Rapids, MI

Record high
99.0°F
August 1, 2006
Record low
-20.0°F
February 10, 1994
Wettest day
4.90 in
September 7, 2023

Climate change signal in Elk Rapids

20.2%

of Elk Rapids's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (74 of 366 records since 2015).

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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 #
1970s
1
2
1980s
81
129
1990s
70
142
2000s
95
49
2010s
77
34
2020s
42
10

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 1979, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1979-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 19, 1996 -14.1°F — Jan 31, 1994 1.11 in — Jan 5, 1997
February 69.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -20.0°F — Feb 10, 1994 0.98 in — Feb 28, 1981
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -16.1°F — Mar 1, 1980 1.62 in — Mar 28, 1991
April 84.9°F — Apr 17, 2002 8.1°F — Apr 6, 1996 1.87 in — Apr 20, 2012
May 91.9°F — May 13, 2022 23.0°F — May 2, 1990 2.06 in — May 30, 2002
June 95.0°F — Jun 28, 2005 30.9°F — Jun 4, 1982 3.00 in — Jun 27, 1986
July 97.0°F — Jul 8, 1988 36.0°F — Jul 2, 2001 3.40 in — Jul 6, 1999
August 99.0°F — Aug 1, 2006 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 3.10 in — Aug 2, 1987
September 91.9°F — Sep 3, 2008 27.0°F — Sep 28, 2000 4.90 in — Sep 7, 2023
October 87.1°F — Oct 9, 2007 21.0°F — Oct 28, 1997 4.70 in — Oct 25, 1991
November 75.9°F — Nov 10, 2020 12.9°F — Nov 13, 1986 1.52 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 64.9°F — Dec 6, 2001 -5.1°F — Dec 20, 1983 1.22 in — Dec 8, 2004

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