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Grand Rapids, MI

42.882°N, 85.523°W · station GRRthr · 135 years of record
58°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Grand Rapids.
72°WED9/272°THU9/368°FRI9/466°SAT9/561°SUN9/661°MON9/758°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Grand Rapids — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#78 / 133
coldest Sep 8 in 133 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

36°F
set in 1951

Mildest Sep 8 ever

74°F
set in 1919
Forecast low 58°F — 78th coldest Sep 8 of 133 years · record 36°F (1951) · coldest since 2025.
1892: 46°F1893: 51°F1894: 69°F1896: 45°F1897: 62°F1898: 51°F1899: 62°F1900: 56°F1901: 53°F1902: 55°F1903: 58°F1904: 62°F1905: 55°F1906: 58°F1907: 56°F1908: 49°F1909: 54°F1910: 59°F1911: 55°F1912: 64°F1913: 56°F1914: 42°F1915: 65°F1916: 63°F1917: 46°F1918: 50°F1919: 74°F1920: 54°F1921: 59°F1922: 69°F1923: 56°F1924: 50°F1925: 60°F1926: 63°F1927: 66°F1928: 50°F1929: 54°F1930: 49°F1931: 65°F1932: 48°F1933: 69°F1934: 56°F1935: 51°F1936: 69°F1937: 61°F1938: 56°F1939: 59°F1940: 64°F1941: 54°F1942: 63°F1943: 51°F1944: 43°F1945: 67°F1946: 57°F1947: 64°F1948: 62°F1949: 43°F1950: 56°F1951: 36°F1952: 44°F1953: 43°F1954: 51°F1955: 45°F1956: 40°F1957: 39°F1958: 50°F1959: 69°F1960: 69°F1961: 62°F1962: 49°F1963: 53°F1964: 62°F1965: 57°F1966: 47°F1967: 54°F1968: 41°F1969: 48°F1970: 58°F1971: 69°F1972: 63°F1973: 47°F1974: 54°F1975: 47°F1976: 60°F1977: 59°F1978: 62°F1979: 40°F1980: 56°F1981: 55°F1982: 43°F1983: 50°F1984: 57°F1985: 67°F1986: 39°F1987: 60°F1988: 40°F1989: 68°F1990: 51°F1991: 60°F1992: 63°F1993: 50°F1994: 56°F1995: 42°F1996: 63°F1997: 58°F1998: 51°F1999: 51°F2000: 54°F2001: 66°F2002: 59°F2003: 58°F2004: 57°F2005: 65°F2006: 59°F2007: 57°F2008: 58°F2009: 62°F2010: 56°F2011: 52°F2012: 58°F2013: 62°F2014: 54°F2015: 68°F2016: 71°F2017: 50°F2018: 54°F2019: 53°F2020: 61°F2021: 58°F2022: 55°F2023: 55°F2024: 46°F2025: 39°F58° forecast3540455055606570751900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 858°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record36°F
This-date rank#78 of 133
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-24°F (1899)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1892–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Grand Rapids in each calendar month, and for the whole 1892–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan66°FJan 25, 1950-22°FJan 30, 1951
Feb73°FFeb 27, 2024-24°FFeb 13, 1899
Mar87°FMar 21, 2012-13°FMar 8, 1943
Apr90°FApr 29, 18993°FApr 7, 1982
May95°FMay 31, 193421°FMay 1, 1903
Jun102°FJun 1, 193432°FJun 4, 1945
Jul108°FJul 13, 193641°FJul 6, 1983
Aug102°FAug 6, 191839°FAug 30, 1976
Sep98°FSep 2, 191327°FSep 28, 1991
Oct89°FOct 1, 189718°FOct 21, 1974
Nov81°FNov 1, 1950-10°FNov 25, 1950
Dec69°FDec 5, 2001-18°FDec 19, 1983
All-time108°FJul 13, 1936-24°FFeb 13, 1899

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Grand Rapids so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

82°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 5, 1902

Coldest high ever

-6°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 10, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan53°FJan 3, 1897-3°FJan 15, 1972
Feb53°FFeb 26, 2000-6°FFeb 10, 1899
Mar65°FMar 30, 199810°FMar 2, 1925
Apr72°FApr 30, 189924°FApr 7, 1972
May73°FMay 31, 193737°FMay 1, 1909
Jun80°FJun 22, 202547°FJun 2, 1910
Jul82°FJul 5, 190258°FJul 15, 1987
Aug79°FAug 1, 200659°FAug 26, 1987
Sep77°FSep 10, 201343°FSep 28, 1912
Oct72°FOct 21, 197930°FOct 29, 1925
Nov64°FNov 6, 192411°FNov 29, 1929
Dec56°FDec 2, 19825°FDec 21, 1989
All-time82°FJul 5, 1902-6°FFeb 10, 1899

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

115 days
record run, ended Mar 18 1959

So far in 2026

83 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Grand Rapids's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 56°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Jan: 31°FJan: 18°FFeb: 33°FFeb: 19°FMar: 44°FMar: 26°FApr: 58°FApr: 37°FMay: 70°FMay: 48°FJun: 79°FJun: 58°FJul: 83°FJul: 62°FAug: 81°FAug: 61°FSep: 74°FSep: 53°FOct: 60°FOct: 42°FNov: 47°FNov: 32°FDec: 36°FDec: 24°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:06 AM
Sunset6:17 PM
Solar noon11:42 AM
Daylight13h 11m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.88°N, 85.52°W

Nearby Stations

Holland, MI30 mi WMuskegon, MI41 mi WBattle Creek, MI41 mi SEKalamazoo, MI45 mi SLansing, MI47 mi ESaginaw, MI85 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

Grand Rapids's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Grand Rapids, MI — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Grand Rapids's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Grand Rapids, MI — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1892

Each cell is one day's low at Grand Rapids, coloured by temperature — 135 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Grand Rapids, MI daily low heat map 1892–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Grand Rapids — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
83 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 111th most in 135 years. Normal for this point: 89. Record: 111 in 1956.

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