How extreme does Sterling Heights's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sterling Heights has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Mt Clemens Ang Base station 18 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Sterling Heights has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

104°F Jun 25, 1988

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Sterling Heights (typical high near 78°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jun 25, 1988

2 102°F Jul 14, 1995

3 101°F Jul 7, 1988

❄️ Coldest night

-18°F Jan 19, 1994

About 36°F colder than a normal January night in Sterling Heights (typical low near 18°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -18°F Jan 19, 1994

2 -12°F Jan 30, 2019

3 -12°F Jan 31, 2019

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.24 in Jul 28, 1976

More rain in a single day than Sterling Heights usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.24 in Jul 28, 1976

2 3.72 in Sep 13, 2008

3 3.41 in Mar 1, 2014

⛄ Most snow in one day

14.7 in Jan 2, 1999

Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (Sterling Heights averages about 11 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 14.7 in Jan 2, 1999

2 12.0 in Dec 14, 2012

3 11.4 in Feb 23, 2015

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.

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Sterling Heights's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 104°F is about 26°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

In a normal year, Sterling Heights's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −18°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain or close to 15 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Detroit City AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014822), about 19 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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