All-time weather records — Sparta, MI

Record high
104.0°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-20.9°F
February 20, 2015
Wettest day
8.03 in
September 11, 1986

Climate change signal in Sparta

46.2%

of Sparta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (169 of 366 records since 2015).

35.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (131 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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
3
1930s
5
2
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
3
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
88
56
2010s
206
281
2020s
67
21

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 1930, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1919-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -20.0°F — Jan 23, 2011 1.52 in — Jan 26, 1965
February 64.9°F — Feb 23, 2017 -20.9°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.15 in — Feb 13, 1938
March 88.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -11.9°F — Mar 6, 2019 3.10 in — Mar 13, 2006
April 84.0°F — Apr 11, 2011 10.9°F — Apr 2, 2018 2.62 in — Apr 30, 1963
May 91.9°F — May 27, 2020 19.9°F — May 9, 2020 2.99 in — May 31, 1989
June 97.0°F — Jun 25, 2009 35.1°F — Jun 1, 2009 5.52 in — Jun 24, 1994
July 104.0°F — Jul 6, 2012 41.0°F — Jul 2, 2016 6.38 in — Jul 12, 2006
August 95.0°F — Aug 1, 2007 35.1°F — Aug 18, 2012 6.50 in — Aug 20, 1958
September 96.1°F — Sep 22, 2017 23.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 8.03 in — Sep 11, 1986
October 90.0°F — Oct 9, 2007 18.0°F — Oct 30, 2011 5.17 in — Oct 1, 1981
November 77.0°F — Nov 6, 2008 3.0°F — Nov 21, 2014 2.55 in — Nov 11, 1995
December 64.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -11.9°F — Dec 28, 2017 2.15 in — Dec 10, 1971

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