All-time weather records — West Branch, MI

Record high
107.1°F
July 13, 1936
Record low
-36.0°F
February 10, 1912
Wettest day
4.36 in
October 3, 1954

Climate change signal in West Branch

10.9%

of West Branch's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (40 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 #
1900s
3
11
1910s
39
56
1920s
41
87
1930s
46
65
1940s
31
47
1950s
30
38
1960s
14
4
1970s
15
13
1980s
31
11
1990s
36
17
2000s
27
4
2010s
29
13
2020s
24
·

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 1901, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 26, 1944 -29.9°F — Jan 30, 1951 1.43 in — Jan 11, 1975
February 70.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -36.0°F — Feb 10, 1912 4.08 in — Feb 22, 1922
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -33.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 1.95 in — Mar 5, 1976
April 91.0°F — Apr 26, 1990 -11.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.10 in — Apr 13, 2014
May 96.1°F — May 26, 1944 15.1°F — May 9, 1947 3.71 in — May 19, 2020
June 105.1°F — Jun 1, 1934 25.0°F — Jun 8, 1949 3.56 in — Jun 18, 1996
July 107.1°F — Jul 13, 1936 12.9°F — Jul 15, 1919 2.97 in — Jul 4, 1951
August 102.9°F — Aug 1, 1955 30.0°F — Aug 22, 1923 3.32 in — Aug 3, 1991
September 97.0°F — Sep 11, 1931 21.0°F — Sep 30, 1918 3.78 in — Sep 1, 1975
October 89.1°F — Oct 9, 2007 5.0°F — Oct 28, 1933 4.36 in — Oct 3, 1954
November 77.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -15.0°F — Nov 24, 1950 2.10 in — Nov 5, 2003
December 68.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -27.0°F — Dec 29, 1933 1.95 in — Dec 11, 1971

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