All-time weather records — Muskegon, MI

Record high
99.0°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-29.9°F
February 11, 1899
Wettest day
5.08 in
June 27, 1921

Climate change signal in Muskegon

20.5%

of Muskegon's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (75 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1890s
10
10
1900s
16
32
1910s
21
35
1920s
8
26
1930s
22
19
1940s
39
39
1950s
35
39
1960s
17
29
1970s
21
44
1980s
20
42
1990s
31
28
2000s
23
12
2010s
51
4
2020s
52
7

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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -20.9°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.48 in — Jan 29, 2013
February 66.9°F — Feb 11, 1999 -29.9°F — Feb 11, 1899 2.12 in — Feb 22, 1922
March 82.0°F — Mar 20, 2012 -11.0°F — Mar 16, 1897 2.92 in — Mar 13, 2006
April 86.0°F — Apr 29, 1970 1.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.66 in — Apr 11, 2001
May 96.1°F — May 29, 2018 21.9°F — May 10, 1947 4.10 in — May 22, 1904
June 98.1°F — Jun 20, 1995 30.9°F — Jun 11, 1972 5.08 in — Jun 27, 1921
July 99.0°F — Jul 6, 2012 39.0°F — Jul 2, 2001 3.75 in — Jul 4, 1901
August 99.0°F — Aug 3, 1964 36.0°F — Aug 16, 1979 4.29 in — Aug 13, 2011
September 95.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 27.0°F — Sep 27, 1989 4.43 in — Sep 24, 2024
October 86.0°F — Oct 15, 1899 19.0°F — Oct 29, 1905 3.21 in — Oct 3, 1954
November 75.9°F — Nov 2, 1961 -14.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.12 in — Nov 5, 1990
December 66.0°F — Dec 3, 2012 -15.0°F — Dec 31, 1976 2.58 in — Dec 2, 1982

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