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Weather extremes
How extreme does Grand Rapids's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Grand Rapids has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Grand Rapids has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 21°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Grand Rapids (typical high near 83°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 41°F colder than a normal January night in Grand Rapids (typical low near 19°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Grand Rapids usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 4.0 in).
The three most extreme on record
About 71% of a typical January's snow in a single day (Grand Rapids averages roughly 23 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Grand Rapids's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°F is about 21°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Grand Rapids (NOAA GHCN station USW00094860), about 13 km from the city centre.