Record Hottest and Coldest Weather Temperatures Ever Recorded in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Weather temperatures have been officially kept in Grand Rapids, Michigan since 1892. These are the all-time record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Grand Rapids since 1892.

Located along the Grand River about 25 miles east of Lake Michigan in western Michigan, the city of Grand Rapids has a milder climate than the extremes found in the Wolverine State. This is born out by the differences between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Grand Rapids, compared to the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures recorded in Michigan.

The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Grand Rapids is 132 degrees. The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state of Michigan is 163 degrees; a difference of 31 degrees.

Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Grand Rapids, Michigan

All-time Record Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Grand Rapids is 108 Degrees

The hottest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the city of Grand Rapids is 108 degrees, which occurred on July 13, 1936.

Days when the temperature reaches or exceeds 100 degrees are pretty rare in Grand Rapids, as the temperature has only soared above the century mark in the city about 30 times since 1892. Grand Rapids averages just 10 days a year when the temperature reaches 90 degrees or above.

Grand Rapids is the second largest population city in the state of Michigan, and the Grand Rapids metro area has over one million people living in it. The city has a number of great tourist attractions like the Gerald R. Ford Museum, the Grand Rapids Public Museum, the Meyer May House (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright) in Heritage Hill, and a nice river walk along the Grand River.

As a bit of weather trivia some might find hard to believe, the record hottest temperature in Grand Rapids of 108 degrees is eight degrees hotter than the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded inMiami, Florida. Grand Rapids is about 1,400 miles north of Miami.

• Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Michigan is 112 Degrees 

The all-time record hottest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Michigan is 112 degrees, which occurred on July 13, 1936, in Mio, which is located about 180 miles northeast of Grand Rapids.

The city of Grand Rapids and the state of Michigan both recorded their record high temperatures on the same date of July 13, 1936, which must have been a hot one in Michigan. The summer of 1936 was a very hot one in the United States, as 15 different states set their all-time record hottest temperatures that year.

The difference between the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Grand Rapids (108) and the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Michigan (112) is four degrees. Not a big statistical difference.

All-time Record Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Grand Rapids is -24 Degrees

The coldest temperature ever officially recorded in Grand Rapids is -24 degrees, which occurred on both February 13 and February 14 in 1899, during the Great Blizzard of 1899.

It can get pretty cold in Grand Rapids in the winter, as the city has experienced about a dozen days since 1892 when the temperature was -20 degrees or colder. Grand Rapids averages 144 days a year when the temperature drops below the freezing mark.

• Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Michigan is -51 Degrees 

The coldest temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Michigan is -51 degrees, which occurred on February 9, 1934, in Vanderbilt, which is located about 180 miles north of Grand Rapids.

The difference between the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Grand Rapids (-24) and the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Michigan (-51) is 27 degrees. A big statistical difference.

Overall, even though the city of Grand Rapids can get pretty hot in the summer, and really cold in the winter, the city has a milder climate than the extremes found in the state of Michigan.