All-time weather records — Vanderbilt, MI

Record high
100.9°F
July 1, 1901
Record low
-38.9°F
January 6, 1912
Wettest day
5.00 in
August 17, 1995

Climate change signal in Vanderbilt

6.6%

of Vanderbilt's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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
9
8
1900s
27
45
1910s
43
32
1920s
29
54
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
56
41
1960s
26
21
1970s
40
38
1980s
35
69
1990s
27
15
2000s
28
5
2010s
35
31
2020s
11
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 1893, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1893-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 18, 1996 -38.9°F — Jan 6, 1912 2.50 in — Jan 3, 1897
February 60.1°F — Feb 23, 2017 -36.9°F — Feb 17, 1979 3.78 in — Feb 14, 1908
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -27.0°F — Mar 12, 1984 2.66 in — Mar 9, 2002
April 88.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -7.1°F — Apr 5, 2018 1.85 in — Apr 26, 1979
May 95.0°F — May 31, 1919 12.0°F — May 10, 1909 3.50 in — May 19, 1902
June 100.0°F — Jun 26, 1901 21.9°F — Jun 6, 1958 3.02 in — Jun 29, 1994
July 100.9°F — Jul 1, 1901 30.0°F — Jul 28, 1912 3.04 in — Jul 28, 1969
August 99.0°F — Aug 21, 1955 26.1°F — Aug 29, 1982 5.00 in — Aug 17, 1995
September 96.1°F — Sep 1, 1953 21.9°F — Sep 28, 1957 3.76 in — Sep 24, 1945
October 86.0°F — Oct 9, 1905 10.0°F — Oct 18, 1901 4.49 in — Oct 23, 2020
November 75.0°F — Nov 3, 1914 -8.0°F — Nov 22, 2018 2.14 in — Nov 2, 1945
December 64.9°F — Dec 3, 1951 -27.0°F — Dec 20, 1983 1.54 in — Dec 5, 1925

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