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Lansing, MI

42.776°N, 84.600°W · station LANthr · 164 years of record
57°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Lansing.
71°WED9/271°THU9/367°FRI9/464°SAT9/560°SUN9/660°MON9/757°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#101 / 161
coldest Sep 8 in 161 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

28°F
set in 1883

Mildest Sep 8 ever

70°F
set in 1919
Forecast low 57°F — 101st coldest Sep 8 of 161 years · record 28°F (1883) · coldest since 2025.
1863: 49°F1864: 57°F1865: 62°F1866: 43°F1867: 49°F1868: 46°F1869: 40°F1870: 59°F1873: 37°F1874: 54°F1875: 66°F1876: 52°F1877: 46°F1878: 68°F1879: 34°F1880: 41°F1881: 60°F1882: 41°F1883: 28°F1884: 65°F1885: 52°F1886: 60°F1887: 45°F1888: 54°F1889: 51°F1890: 47°F1891: 38°F1892: 48°F1893: 43°F1894: 63°F1895: 47°F1896: 43°F1897: 58°F1898: 46°F1899: 44°F1900: 60°F1901: 48°F1902: 49°F1903: 56°F1904: 58°F1905: 51°F1906: 55°F1907: 60°F1908: 43°F1909: 46°F1910: 58°F1911: 55°F1912: 57°F1913: 52°F1914: 39°F1915: 64°F1916: 67°F1917: 45°F1918: 45°F1919: 70°F1920: 50°F1921: 55°F1922: 67°F1923: 55°F1924: 44°F1925: 56°F1926: 59°F1927: 63°F1928: 45°F1929: 57°F1930: 45°F1931: 60°F1932: 45°F1933: 65°F1934: 55°F1935: 50°F1936: 68°F1937: 54°F1938: 56°F1939: 59°F1940: 62°F1941: 54°F1942: 66°F1943: 52°F1944: 46°F1945: 67°F1946: 58°F1947: 63°F1948: 64°F1949: 44°F1950: 55°F1951: 39°F1952: 44°F1953: 44°F1954: 50°F1955: 45°F1956: 43°F1957: 44°F1958: 49°F1959: 69°F1960: 64°F1961: 57°F1962: 48°F1963: 55°F1964: 65°F1965: 57°F1966: 43°F1967: 51°F1968: 37°F1969: 47°F1970: 60°F1971: 68°F1972: 60°F1973: 42°F1974: 50°F1975: 42°F1976: 57°F1977: 61°F1978: 61°F1979: 37°F1980: 51°F1981: 51°F1982: 39°F1983: 48°F1984: 55°F1985: 65°F1986: 38°F1987: 61°F1988: 39°F1989: 67°F1990: 49°F1991: 60°F1992: 64°F1993: 47°F1994: 55°F1995: 45°F1996: 59°F1997: 57°F1998: 47°F1999: 43°F2000: 51°F2001: 67°F2002: 58°F2003: 55°F2004: 54°F2005: 61°F2006: 61°F2007: 57°F2008: 56°F2009: 60°F2010: 54°F2011: 55°F2012: 57°F2013: 55°F2014: 53°F2015: 70°F2016: 70°F2017: 47°F2018: 52°F2019: 52°F2020: 59°F2021: 57°F2022: 53°F2023: 56°F2024: 44°F2025: 38°F57° forecast253035404550556065701870188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 857°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record28°F
This-date rank#101 of 161
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-37°F (1868)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1863–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Lansing in each calendar month, and for the whole 1863–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan66°FJan 24, 1967-29°FJan 4, 1981
Feb73°FFeb 27, 2024-37°FFeb 2, 1868
Mar86°FMar 21, 2012-25°FMar 2, 1868
Apr88°FApr 26, 1915-6°FApr 4, 1868
May96°FMay 28, 187419°FMay 10, 1966
Jun99°FJun 25, 187027°FJun 5, 1869
Jul103°FJul 6, 201231°FJul 15, 1863
Aug102°FAug 6, 191826°FAug 29, 1863
Sep99°FSep 2, 189419°FSep 21, 1863
Oct90°FOct 3, 189810°FOct 22, 1868
Nov79°FNov 1, 1950-5°FNov 26, 1949
Dec70°FDec 31, 1875-25°FDec 8, 1864
All-time103°FJul 6, 2012-37°FFeb 2, 1868

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 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

78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 18, 1942

Coldest high ever

-4°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 22, 1883
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan54°FJan 21, 1906-4°FJan 22, 1883
Feb52°FFeb 26, 2000-2°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar65°FMar 30, 19986°FMar 20, 1885
Apr66°FApr 30, 189924°FApr 17, 1875
May73°FMay 31, 202238°FMay 3, 1929
Jun78°FJun 22, 202546°FJun 1, 1910
Jul78°FJul 18, 194259°FJul 31, 1925
Aug78°FAug 1, 200656°FAug 29, 1863
Sep75°FSep 6, 188142°FSep 29, 1967
Oct69°FOct 1, 200230°FOct 27, 1869
Nov60°FNov 7, 197510°FNov 24, 1950
Dec55°FDec 2, 19821°FDec 29, 1880
All-time78°FJul 18, 1942-4°FJan 22, 1883

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

180 days
record run, ended Apr 8 1870

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Lansing's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 54°F · forecast is +3° vs normal.
Jan: 30°FJan: 16°FFeb: 33°FFeb: 17°FMar: 44°FMar: 25°FApr: 57°FApr: 36°FMay: 69°FMay: 47°FJun: 79°FJun: 56°FJul: 83°FJul: 60°FAug: 80°FAug: 59°FSep: 73°FSep: 51°FOct: 60°FOct: 40°FNov: 47°FNov: 31°FDec: 36°FDec: 23°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:03 AM
Sunset6:13 PM
Solar noon11:38 AM
Daylight13h 11m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.78°N, 84.60°W

Nearby Stations

Flint, MI45 mi EBattle Creek, MI45 mi SWGrand Rapids, MI47 mi WSaginaw, MI58 mi NEKalamazoo, MI61 mi SWDetroit, MI74 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

Lansing'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.
Lansing, MI — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Lansing's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Lansing, MI — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1863

Each cell is one day's low at Lansing, coloured by temperature — 164 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Lansing, MI daily low heat map 1863–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Lansing — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
84 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 147th most in 164 years. Normal for this point: 95. Record: 123 in 1869.

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