Grand Rapids, MI: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 71.2°F in Grand Rapids, MI, the warmest August since 2024, tied 45th warmest of 133 (with 1953, 1926, 1922 and 1 other year).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 71.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 45th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 4.92 in; Wettest since 2022; 20th wettest of 132

A normal August in Grand Rapids, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.9°F, between 66.6°F and 73.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.41 in of precipitation, between 1.60 in and 6.69 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Grand Rapids, MI since 1892: 71.2°F in 2026; the highest is 77.7°F, in 1947.

Normal range, 66.6 to 73.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Grand Rapids, MI from 1892 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	71.2	45	80.2	83	62.2	24	4.92	20
2025	70.2	70	81.1	65	59.3	73	1.63	101
2024	71.3	41	81.2	62	61.4	37	2.27	80
2023	69.3	85	78.8	103	59.7	60	2.93	66
2022	71.4	39	81	66	61.9	30	4.98	19
2021	74.3	9	84.3	14	64.2	8	2.33	77
2020	72	33	83.1	26	60.9	49	2.60	71
2019	70.7	56	81.5	54	60	56	3.41	49
2018	73.5	12	83.4	20	63.6	13	6.61	7
2017	68.7	96	79.2	98	58.3	90	1.72	98
2016	73.5	12	83.4	20	63.7	10	7.97	2
2015	69.6	81	78.7	105	60.6	51	3.75	43
2014	71	53	80.8	73	61.1	42	3.68	44
2013	70.1	71	80.6	77	59.5	66	1.90	93
2012	70.8	55	82	46	59.7	60	3.34	52
2011	71.8	34	81.3	60	62.3	21	4.42	29
2010	74.9	6	84.5	10	65.3	5	1.74	97
2009	69	92	78.4	112	59.6	65	4.74	25
2008	70.6	60	82.3	37	59	81	1.05	114
2007	73.3	17	82.9	33	63.7	10	6.10	11
2006	71.1	50	81.3	60	61	46	1.62	102
2005	72.1	30	82.1	43	62.2	24	1.42	108
2004	66.1	125	75.7	128	56.5	116	3.41	49
2003	71.1	50	81.2	62	61.1	42	3.76	41
2002	70.4	68	80.3	81	60.5	52	4.66	26
2001	71.6	38	81	66	62.2	24	3.48	47
2000	69.1	89	78.5	109	59.7	60	2.39	76
1999	67.8	113	77.5	120	58.1	96	3.22	56
1998	72.2	27	82.1	43	62.3	21	1.70	99
1997	66	126	75.2	131	56.9	109	1.99	90
1996	72.1	30	83	30	61.3	40	0.33	130
1995	74.8	7	83.5	18	66	1	3.10	61
1994	66.6	124	76.2	126	56.9	109	7.39	5
1993	71.3	41	80.8	73	61.9	30	7.73	3
1992	65	133	75.3	130	54.7	129	3.55	45
1991	70.5	65	81.5	54	59.5	66	3.79	40
1990	68.9	93	78.5	109	59.4	68	3.40	51
1989	68.3	104	79.4	92	57.3	103	4.78	23
1988	73.4	14	84.5	10	62.3	21	3.04	63
1987	69.2	86	78.2	114	60.3	54	8.46	1
1986	66	126	76.3	125	55.6	125	5.30	16
1985	67.4	115	77.5	120	57.3	103	6.48	8
1984	73	18	84.4	12	61.5	34	1.49	105
1983	72.2	27	81.9	48	62.5	19	1.49	105
1982	68.6	99	79.8	87	57.3	103	3.07	62
1981	70.7	56	81.6	53	59.8	58	2.95	65
1980	72.5	23	82.1	43	63	15	3.18	58
1979	68.5	102	78.1	115	58.8	86	4.33	33
1978	68.1	109	79.5	89	56.7	114	5.00	18
1977	67.9	111	78.8	103	56.9	109	4.77	24
1976	68.9	93	83	30	54.7	129	1.03	116
1975	70.5	65	81	66	59.9	57	7.38	6
1974	67.3	116	78.7	105	55.9	122	4.61	27
1973	72.7	21	83.4	20	62	28	1.45	107
1972	68.7	96	78.5	109	58.9	83	5.01	17
1971	68.6	99	82.2	39	54.9	128	0.92	120
1970	70	75	81.7	51	58.4	89	2.89	67
1969	72.1	30	85	8	59.2	74	0.14	131
1968	70.6	60	82.2	39	59	81	2.86	69
1967	66	126	78.3	113	53.6	133	3.34	52
1966	68.5	102	80.9	69	56	120	3.82	39
1965	67.9	111	77.5	120	58.3	90	5.36	15
1964	67.3	116	79.3	97	55.3	126	3.19	57
1963	67.1	118	77.5	120	56.8	113	3.31	54
1962	70.7	56	82.9	33	58.5	88	1.08	112
1961	70	75	80.2	83	59.7	60	2.06	88
1960	70.6	60	81.8	49	59.4	68	2.17	85
1959	75.5	4	85.5	6	65.5	3	3.48	47
1958	70.1	71	82.3	37	57.8	98	4.84	21
1957	68.7	96	80.3	81	57.2	107	1.62	102
1956	69.2	86	79.4	92	59.1	75	1.19	111
1955	75	5	86.2	5	63.9	9	4.35	32
1954	68.3	104	79	100	57.7	101	1.80	96
1953	71.2	45	83.5	18	58.9	83	2.22	82
1952	69.2	86	81.2	62	57.3	103	3.76	41
1951	66.7	123	77.6	119	55.8	123	3.18	58
1950	66.9	120	77.2	124	56.6	115	0.90	121
1949	71.1	50	83.1	26	59.1	75	0.99	117
1948	71.3	41	83.6	17	58.9	83	0.97	118
1947	77.7	1	90.2	1	65.1	6	1.95	92
1946	66.8	122	79	100	54.5	131	1.04	115
1945	69.1	89	80.6	77	57.5	102	2.05	89
1944	71.7	35	84.3	14	59.1	75	1.41	109
1943	70.1	71	80.9	69	59.4	68	1.98	91
1942	68.9	93	79.5	89	58.3	90	3.99	36
1941	69.5	82	82.4	35	56.5	116	4.21	34
1940	70.5	65	79.4	92	61.7	33	7.40	4
1939	72.5	23	82.2	39	62.7	18	6.22	9
1938	74.5	8	84.1	16	64.8	7	3.87	38
1937	76	3	86.4	4	65.6	2	4.11	35
1936	73.9	11	84.8	9	63	15	3.91	37
1935	72.2	27	80.9	69	63.4	14	2.22	82
1934	69.8	79	80.7	75	58.8	86	1.62	102
1933	70.3	69	81.4	56	59.1	75	1.41	109
1932	72.7	21	83.3	23	62.2	24	2.22	82
1931	72.4	26	83.3	23	61.5	34	0.72	124
1930	73	18	84.4	12	61.5	34	0.40	128
1929	68.2	108	79.4	92	56.9	109	0.70	125
1928	71.3	41	81.4	56	61.2	41	4.46	28
1927	65.7	130	77.7	118	53.7	132	0.66	126
1926	71.2	45	80.5	80	62	28	2.64	70
1925	71.7	35	82.2	39	61.1	42	2.56	72
1924	68	110	78	116	58.1	96	2.51	74
1923	68.3	104	78.7	105	57.8	98	2.07	87
1922	71.2	45	81.8	49	60.5	52	2.96	64
1921	70.6	60	79.8	87	61.4	37	6.15	10
1920	69.9	78	80.7	75	59.1	75	0.76	123
1919	69.8	79	79.5	89	60.2	55	1.67	100
1918	74.1	10	85.4	7	62.8	17	0.84	122
1917	68.6	99	78.9	102	58.2	95	0.46	127
1916	72.8	20	83.1	26	62.5	19	4.41	30
1915	65.1	132	74	132	56.3	118	2.87	68
1914	71	53	80.9	69	61	46	3.49	46
1913	72.5	23	83.2	25	61.8	32	0.97	118
1912	66.9	120	75.5	129	58.3	90	3.16	60
1911	69.4	84	79.4	92	59.4	68	2.29	78
1910	70.6	60	81.4	56	59.8	58	3.28	55
1909	71.7	35	82	46	61.4	37	4.39	31
1908	69.1	89	79.9	86	58.3	90	5.55	13
1907	68.3	104	78.7	105	57.8	98	2.40	75
1906	73.4	14	83	30	63.7	10	1.83	95
1905	70.1	71	79.2	98	60.9	49	5.48	14
1904	65.9	129	76	127	55.8	123	2.26	81
1903	65.6	131	74	132	57.2	107	4.83	22
1902	67	119	77.9	117	56.2	119	0.40	128
1901	71.2	45	81.4	56	61.1	42	2.08	86
1900	76.3	2	87	2	65.5	3	5.92	12
1899	73.4	14	87	2	59.7	60	0.13	132
1898	70.7	56	82.4	35	59.1	75	1.87	94
1897	67.6	114	80.1	85	55.2	127	1.06	113
1896	71.4	39	81.7	51	61	46	2.53	73
1894	69.5	82	83.1	26	56	120
1892	70	75	80.6	77	59.4	68	2.28	79

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	77.7
1900	76.3
1937	76
1959	75.5
1955	75
2010	74.9
1995	74.8
1938	74.5
2021	74.3
1918	74.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	65
1915	65.1
1903	65.6
1927	65.7
1904	65.9
1997	66
1986	66
1967	66
2004	66.1
1994	66.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	8.46
2016	7.97
1993	7.73
1940	7.40
1994	7.39
1975	7.38
2018	6.61
1985	6.48
1939	6.22
1921	6.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1899	0.13
1969	0.14
1996	0.33
1930	0.40
1902	0.40
1917	0.46
1927	0.66
1929	0.70
1931	0.72
1920	0.76

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 7 August 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.55 in; 10 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 4.92 in of precipitation in Grand Rapids, MI, the wettest August since 2022, 20th wettest of 132.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 88°F on Friday 7 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: a low of 52°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 2.55 in on Monday 10 August 2026.