All-time weather records — St. Joseph, MI

Record high
104.0°F
July 21, 2002
Record low
-18.9°F
November 25, 1950
Wettest day
6.60 in
May 30, 1943

Climate change signal in St. Joseph

13.1%

of St. Joseph's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 of 366 records since 2015).

9.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (34 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
25
20
1940s
31
37
1950s
42
31
1960s
25
24
1970s
22
26
1980s
40
81
1990s
27
70
2000s
62
20
2010s
62
47
2020s
30
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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -18.0°F — Jan 21, 2019 2.15 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 82.9°F — Feb 27, 1960 -13.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 2.37 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 86.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 -9.0°F — Mar 2, 2014 2.50 in — Mar 19, 1948
April 89.1°F — Apr 16, 2002 9.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.20 in — Apr 5, 1947
May 97.0°F — May 29, 2006 21.9°F — May 9, 1988 6.60 in — May 30, 1943
June 100.9°F — Jun 20, 1953 30.9°F — Jun 1, 1993 3.10 in — Jun 2, 1950
July 104.0°F — Jul 21, 2002 37.0°F — Jul 2, 2001 4.85 in — Jul 11, 1943
August 102.0°F — Aug 21, 2003 37.0°F — Aug 28, 1982 3.84 in — Aug 30, 2016
September 98.1°F — Sep 1, 1953 23.0°F — Sep 27, 1989 2.75 in — Sep 1, 1968
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 2005 14.0°F — Oct 21, 1982 3.24 in — Oct 31, 2013
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -18.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.78 in — Nov 5, 1990
December 69.1°F — Dec 1, 1970 -15.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.37 in — Dec 3, 1982

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