All-time weather records — Traverse City, MI

Record high
122.0°F
May 7, 2004
Record low
-36.9°F
February 17, 1979
Wettest day
34.00 in
December 1, 1901

Climate change signal in Traverse City

15.3%

of Traverse City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
17
22
1900s
23
15
1910s
22
22
1920s
21
21
1930s
47
11
1940s
35
33
1950s
24
41
1960s
17
84
1970s
19
49
1980s
20
32
1990s
17
15
2000s
27
14
2010s
42
4
2020s
35
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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 13, 2009 -20.9°F — Jan 12, 1964 2.10 in — Jan 30, 1909
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -36.9°F — Feb 17, 1979 10.20 in — Feb 4, 1901
March 87.1°F — Mar 21, 2012 -29.9°F — Mar 3, 1943 2.00 in — Mar 25, 1920
April 90.0°F — Apr 29, 1970 1.0°F — Apr 2, 1965 3.18 in — Apr 12, 1996
May 122.0°F — May 7, 2004 16.2°F — May 22, 2009 4.18 in — May 29, 1942
June 104.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 28.0°F — Jun 3, 1965 3.50 in — Jun 25, 1954
July 105.1°F — Jul 7, 1936 30.9°F — Jul 6, 1965 4.01 in — Jul 5, 1999
August 100.0°F — Aug 1, 1917 9.0°F — Aug 31, 1995 4.30 in — Aug 23, 1898
September 96.1°F — Sep 1, 1953 26.1°F — Sep 30, 1945 11.10 in — Sep 11, 1900
October 89.1°F — Oct 2, 1922 15.1°F — Oct 18, 1896 3.07 in — Oct 22, 2020
November 80.1°F — Nov 30, 2005 -5.1°F — Nov 24, 1950 2.56 in — Nov 1, 1945
December 66.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 29, 1976 34.00 in — Dec 1, 1901

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