Grand Rapids, MI: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 57.4°F in Grand Rapids, MI, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2025, 49th warmest of 131.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 57.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 49th warmest of 131
Precipitation: 1.38 in; Wettest since 2023; 34th wettest of 132

A normal 1 to 9 October in Grand Rapids, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.8°F, between 50.8°F and 62.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.83 in of precipitation, between 0.29 in and 2.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Grand Rapids, MI since 1892: 57.4°F in 2026; the highest is 69°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 50.8 to 62.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	Days missing
2026	57.4	49	68	42	46.9	53	1.38	34	0
2025	62.7	15	74.4	9	51	18	0.86	59	0
2024	57.6	47	70.2	28	44.9	68	trace	117	0
2023	60.5	20	70.7	26	50.3	22	2.20	13	0
2022	51.7	99	65.3	74	38.1	124	trace	117	0
2021	65.6	3	72.7	19	58.6	1	1.99	19	0
2020	51.1	105	62.4	93	39.8	113	0.30	96	0
2019	57.7	45	66.4	62	48.9	37	2.55	9	0
2018	61.6	17	70.9	23	52.3	10	2.74	8	0
2017	63.5	8	76.7	2	50.3	22	1.23	40	0
2016	59.7	23	69.1	37	50.3	22	3.09	4	0
2015	54.3	78	62.4	93	46.1	57	0.63	66	0
2014	53.1	92	61	99	45.1	65	3.21	3	0
2013	62.9	12	73.6	16	52.2	11	2.15	14	0
2012	53.1	92	61.9	96	44.3	76	0.64	65	0
2011	59.5	26	74.6	8	44.4	74	0.00	126	0
2010	54.1	82	67.3	53	40.9	104	0.32	95	0
2009	50.6	110	57.2	125	43.9	80	2.01	17	0
2008	51.2	103	60	108	42.3	95	1.17	45	0
2007	69	1	80	1	58	2	0.80	63	0
2006	55.3	69	67.8	46	42.8	89	2.27	11	0
2005	61.2	18	71.4	21	50.9	19	trace	117	0
2004	53.3	89	65.3	74	41.2	100	1.19	43	0
2003	48.2	124	60.1	105	36.3	130	0.47	82	0
2002	57.8	42	66.1	66	49.4	33	0.87	58	0
2001	52.9	94	62.8	90	43.1	87	0.48	79	0
2000	50.8	107	59.2	115	42.3	95	0.85	61	0
1999	48.5	123	57.2	125	39.8	113	0.34	91	0
1998	53.5	85	60.7	102	46.3	55	1.75	24	0
1997	62.3	16	75.1	6	49.6	31	0.60	70	0
1996	50.9	106	60.9	100	41	101	0.52	75	0
1995	53.4	86	60.7	102	46.1	57	0.52	75	0
1994	53.2	90	63.8	87	42.6	94	1.25	37	0
1993	52.6	95	64.2	86	40.9	104	0.23	101	0
1992	55.2	70	67	56	43.3	86	0.61	69	0
1991	54.5	76	62.6	92	46.4	54	2.15	14	0
1990	56.5	59	65.7	72	47.3	51	2.29	10	0
1989	46.8	127	57.8	123	35.9	131	0.41	86	0
1988	49.4	119	58.8	117	40.1	110	1.73	25	0
1987	46.7	128	55.8	129	37.7	127	0.40	88	0
1986	52.6	95	60	108	45.1	65	2.22	12	0
1985	50.6	110	58.4	119	42.7	92	1.25	37	0
1984	56.2	62	66.4	62	45.9	60	1.43	31	0
1983	57.8	42	67.7	48	48	43	0.54	73	0
1982	62.8	14	74.4	9	51.2	17	0.27	98	0
1981	49.6	117	60.1	105	39	122	0.69	64	0
1980	50.2	114	60.9	100	39.6	117	0.21	103	0
1979	51.5	101	60.1	105	42.9	88	0.48	79	0
1978	49.6	117	59.4	113	39.7	116	1.64	27	0
1977	49	120	58.8	117	39.2	120	1.49	29	0
1976	55.2	70	68.6	39	41.9	97	1.08	49	0
1975	54.3	78	67.7	48	40.9	104	0.05	111	0
1974	45.8	130	56.9	127	34.8	133	0.33	94	0
1973	60.2	21	70.7	26	49.8	28	2.01	17	0
1972	54.9	72	65.6	73	44.2	77	0.01	115	0
1971	59.3	28	69.2	34	49.4	33	0.48	79	0
1970	57.8	42	67.3	53	48.3	40	0.89	55	0
1969	59.2	29	72.2	20	46.2	56	1.01	52	0
1968	54.3	78	62.7	91	45.9	60	1.77	23	0
1967	57.7	45	68	42	47.4	50	1.09	48	0
1966	56.2	62	68.4	40	43.9	80	0.50	77	0
1965	50.2	114	59.4	113	41	101	1.14	46	0
1964	47.5	125	58	121	37	129	0.38	90	0
1963	58.7	35	71.4	21	45.9	60	0.16	108	0
1962	59.6	25	67.8	46	51.3	15	0.56	72	0
1961	55.4	67	66.7	61	44.1	78	trace	117	0
1960	53.4	86	67.9	44	39	122	0.20	104	0
1959	58.9	32	65.8	71	52	13	2.88	6	0
1958	55.5	66	66.3	65	44.7	72	2.79	7	0
1957	53.2	90	66.1	66	40.2	109	0.00	126	0
1956	53.6	83	66.1	66	41	101	0.04	112	0
1955	59.8	22	69.9	30	49.8	28	1.62	28	0
1954	56.8	55	64.6	82	49.1	35	4.03	1	0
1953	54.2	81	68.9	38	39.6	117	0.49	78	0
1952	45.9	129	56	128	35.9	131	0.01	115	0
1951	58.7	35	67.2	55	50.2	25	1.93	20	0
1950	56.6	58	65.2	78	48	43	0.43	84	0
1949	62.9	12	73.8	12	52.1	12	0.88	57	0
1948	51.3	102	61.2	98	41.3	99	0.29	97	0
1947	58.4	38	70.8	25	46	59	0.19	106	0
1946	58	41	75.1	6	40.9	104	0.00	126	0
1945	48.6	121	59.1	116	38	125	1.02	50	0
1944	55.9	65	64.3	85	47.6	49	0.27	98	0
1943	54.8	73	69.8	31	39.8	113	trace	117	0
1942	57.2	51	69.7	33	44.8	69	0.47	82	0
1941	58.9	32	67.9	44	50	26	3.06	5	0
1940	59	31	70.2	28	47.8	47	1.18	44	0
1939	63.4	9	75.3	5	51.4	14	0.41	86	0
1938	56.2	62	67.7	48	44.7	72	trace	117	0
1937	57.2	51	64.4	83	49.9	27	0.42	85	0
1936	56.9	53	65.9	70	48	43	0.62	67	0
1935	45.6	131	53.1	131	38	125	0.34	91	0
1934	57.3	50	66.4	62	48.2	42	trace	117	0
1933	53.4	86	61.4	97	45.4	63	1.69	26	0
1932	56.3	60	64.7	81	47.9	46	1.48	30	0
1931	64.1	6	73.8	12	54.4	7	1.01	52	0
1930	56.8	55	65.3	74	48.3	40	1.25	37	0
1929	49.9	116	60.4	104	39.3	119	trace	117	0
1928	59.7	23	69.8	31	49.6	31	1.39	33	0
1927	58.8	34	66.9	57	50.7	20	1.32	35	0
1926	58.7	35	67.7	48	49.8	28	1.42	32	0
1925	50.8	107	58	121	43.7	82	0.89	55	0
1924	58.1	40	68.3	41	47.8	47	0.20	104	0
1923	50.7	109	62.2	95	39.2	120	0.00	126	0
1922	63.2	10	70.9	23	55.4	4	1.22	41	0
1921	50.4	113	58.1	120	42.7	92	2.11	16	0
1920	56.3	60	67.6	52	45.1	65	0.03	113	0
1919	63.9	7	72.8	18	55	6	0.99	54	0
1918	54.4	77	65.3	74	43.4	84	0.17	107	0
1917	47.3	126	54.7	130	39.9	112	0.86	59	0
1916	61.1	19	73.8	12	48.4	38	0.22	102	0
1915	50.6	110	57.8	123	43.4	84	0.08	109	0
1914	65.8	2	76.1	4	55.4	4	0.07	110	0
1913	64.8	5	73.9	11	55.8	3	0.53	74	0
1912	56.9	53	66.9	57	47	52	1.14	46	0
1911	51.2	103	59.6	112	42.8	89	3.82	2	0
1910	57.6	47	66.8	59	48.4	38	1.92	21	0
1909	56.8	55	69.2	34	44.4	74	0.00	126	0
1908	52.1	97	63.4	89	40.7	108	0.00	126	0
1907	54.8	73	64.9	80	44.8	69	0.85	61	0
1906	54.6	75	64.4	83	44.8	69	0.57	71	0
1905	63.2	10	73.7	15	52.7	9	0.34	91	0
1904	51.7	99	59.9	110	43.6	83	1.02	50	0
1903	58.2	39	66	69	50.4	21	1.92	21	0
1902					42.8	89	0.40	88	1
1901	55.4	67	66.8	59	44	79	0.26	100	0
1900	64.9	4	76.7	2	53.2	8	1.27	36	0
1899	51.9	98	63.8	87	40	111	0.00	126	0
1898					51.3	15	0.62	67	3
1897	59.4	27	73.4	17	45.4	63	trace	117	0
1896	48.6	121	59.7	111	37.6	128	0.03	113	0
1894									2
1893	59.1	30	69.2	34	49	36	1.22	41	0
1892	53.6	83	65.2	78	41.9	97			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	69
1914	65.8
2021	65.6
1900	64.9
1913	64.8
1931	64.1
1919	63.9
2017	63.5
1939	63.4
1922	63.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	45.6
1974	45.8
1952	45.9
1987	46.7
1989	46.8
1917	47.3
1964	47.5
2003	48.2
1999	48.5
1945	48.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	4.03
1911	3.82
2014	3.21
2016	3.09
1941	3.06
1959	2.88
1958	2.79
2018	2.74
2019	2.55
1990	2.29

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	0.00
1957	0.00
1946	0.00
1923	0.00
1909	0.00
1908	0.00
1899	0.00
2024	trace
2022	trace
2005	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 7 October 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 6 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.23 in; 1 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.38 in of precipitation in Grand Rapids, MI, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2023, 34th wettest of 132.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Grand Rapids, MI: 73°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Grand Rapids, MI: a low of 40°F on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Grand Rapids, MI: 1.23 in on Thursday 1 October 2026.