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Saginaw, MI

43.528°N, 84.081°W · station MBSthr · 115 years of record
57°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Saginaw.
70°WED9/267°THU9/365°FRI9/461°SAT9/558°SUN9/659°MON9/757°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#70 / 114
coldest Sep 8 in 114 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

37°F
set in 1951

Mildest Sep 8 ever

72°F
set in 1959
Forecast low 57°F — 70th coldest Sep 8 of 114 years · record 37°F (1951) · coldest since 2025.
1912: 61°F1913: 52°F1914: 40°F1915: 65°F1916: 63°F1917: 45°F1918: 46°F1919: 71°F1920: 54°F1921: 59°F1922: 70°F1923: 55°F1924: 43°F1925: 56°F1926: 58°F1927: 65°F1928: 49°F1929: 58°F1930: 46°F1931: 62°F1932: 43°F1933: 66°F1934: 54°F1935: 45°F1936: 64°F1937: 58°F1938: 53°F1939: 58°F1940: 62°F1941: 49°F1942: 61°F1943: 47°F1944: 46°F1945: 67°F1946: 56°F1947: 62°F1948: 65°F1949: 42°F1950: 52°F1951: 37°F1952: 45°F1953: 45°F1954: 48°F1955: 44°F1956: 40°F1957: 45°F1958: 50°F1959: 72°F1960: 65°F1961: 63°F1962: 49°F1963: 57°F1964: 61°F1965: 55°F1966: 49°F1967: 55°F1968: 45°F1969: 53°F1970: 63°F1971: 64°F1972: 61°F1973: 48°F1974: 54°F1975: 47°F1976: 51°F1977: 55°F1978: 59°F1979: 37°F1980: 52°F1981: 49°F1982: 40°F1983: 50°F1984: 54°F1985: 66°F1986: 40°F1987: 61°F1988: 40°F1989: 69°F1990: 48°F1991: 63°F1992: 65°F1993: 51°F1994: 55°F1995: 43°F1996: 64°F1997: 57°F1998: 50°F1999: 46°F2000: 49°F2001: 68°F2002: 60°F2003: 52°F2004: 57°F2005: 59°F2006: 57°F2007: 53°F2008: 54°F2009: 58°F2010: 53°F2011: 52°F2012: 57°F2013: 54°F2014: 53°F2015: 71°F2016: 71°F2017: 47°F2018: 56°F2019: 53°F2020: 59°F2021: 55°F2022: 53°F2023: 54°F2024: 44°F2025: 40°F57° forecast35404550556065707519201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 857°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record37°F
This-date rank#70 of 114
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-23°F (1918)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1912–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Saginaw in each calendar month, and for the whole 1912–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan62°FJan 27, 1916-22°FJan 19, 1994
Feb74°FFeb 27, 2024-23°FFeb 5, 1918
Mar87°FMar 21, 2012-12°FMar 2, 1962
Apr88°FApr 26, 19158°FApr 1, 1923
May95°FMay 31, 191924°FMay 10, 1923
Jun104°FJun 1, 193433°FJun 10, 1941
Jul111°FJul 13, 193639°FJul 2, 2001
Aug103°FAug 6, 191837°FAug 29, 1982
Sep100°FSep 11, 193127°FSep 29, 1942
Oct91°FOct 7, 200719°FOct 30, 1925
Nov80°FNov 1, 1950-3°FNov 26, 1949
Dec67°FDec 5, 2001-12°FDec 26, 1914
All-time111°FJul 13, 1936-23°FFeb 5, 1918

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

2 broke
plus 0 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

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 22, 2025

Coldest high ever

-4°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 18, 1994
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan50°FJan 8, 2008-4°FJan 18, 1994
Feb48°FFeb 26, 2000-2°FFeb 8, 1934
Mar61°FMar 27, 19988°FMar 1, 1962
Apr68°FApr 30, 197025°FApr 13, 1950
May73°FMay 31, 202236°FMay 8, 1947
Jun80°FJun 22, 202544°FJun 3, 1945
Jul78°FJul 1, 193158°FJul 1, 1918
Aug78°FAug 1, 200656°FAug 28, 1934
Sep74°FSep 21, 193142°FSep 29, 1967
Oct68°FOct 21, 197932°FOct 31, 1917
Nov61°FNov 5, 202413°FNov 29, 1929
Dec53°FDec 2, 19825°FDec 17, 1919
All-time80°FJun 22, 2025-4°FJan 18, 1994

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

121 days
record run, ended Mar 19 1970

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Saginaw's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 54°F · forecast is +3° vs normal.
Jan: 30°FJan: 16°FFeb: 32°FFeb: 17°FMar: 42°FMar: 26°FApr: 56°FApr: 36°FMay: 69°FMay: 47°FJun: 79°FJun: 57°FJul: 82°FJul: 61°FAug: 80°FAug: 59°FSep: 73°FSep: 51°FOct: 60°FOct: 41°FNov: 46°FNov: 32°FDec: 35°FDec: 23°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:00 AM
Sunset6:12 PM
Solar noon11:36 AM
Daylight13h 12m · losing 20 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

43.53°N, 84.08°W

Nearby Stations

Flint, MI42 mi SELansing, MI58 mi SWHoughton Lake, MI64 mi NWGrand Rapids, MI85 mi SWDetroit, MI97 mi SEBattle Creek, MI102 mi SW

The Last 6 Weeks

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

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Saginaw's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Saginaw, MI — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1912

Each cell is one day's low at Saginaw, coloured by temperature — 115 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Saginaw, MI daily low heat map 1912–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Saginaw — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
88 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 86th most in 115 years. Normal for this point: 93. Record: 114 in 1926.

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