All-time weather records — Empire, MI

Record high
102.0°F
July 14, 1995
Record low
-24.0°F
February 17, 1979
Wettest day
7.50 in
September 1, 2000

Climate change signal in Empire

16.7%

of Empire's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (61 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
6
6
1960s
48
104
1970s
43
76
1980s
71
61
1990s
52
61
2000s
56
23
2010s
49
32
2020s
41
3

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 1959, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1959-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 18, 1996 -14.1°F — Jan 17, 1965 3.00 in — Jan 6, 1997
February 70.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -24.0°F — Feb 17, 1979 1.62 in — Feb 20, 1994
March 84.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 -20.0°F — Mar 2, 1962 2.00 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 90.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 3.9°F — Apr 28, 2014 2.07 in — Apr 12, 2026
May 93.0°F — May 29, 2006 17.1°F — May 2, 1966 2.25 in — May 18, 2020
June 98.1°F — Jun 19, 1995 25.0°F — Jun 5, 1998 2.76 in — Jun 24, 1960
July 102.0°F — Jul 14, 1995 34.0°F — Jul 21, 1992 3.52 in — Jul 11, 1972
August 98.1°F — Aug 2, 1988 35.1°F — Aug 29, 1982 3.20 in — Aug 25, 2001
September 96.1°F — Sep 7, 1960 21.0°F — Sep 28, 2000 7.50 in — Sep 1, 2000
October 88.0°F — Oct 7, 2007 19.0°F — Oct 28, 1965 3.30 in — Oct 13, 2001
November 77.0°F — Nov 9, 2020 1.9°F — Nov 15, 1996 2.39 in — Nov 6, 2005
December 64.9°F — Dec 3, 1982 -11.9°F — Dec 30, 1976 1.76 in — Dec 29, 2015

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