Grand Rapids, MI: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 71.4°F in Grand Rapids, MI, the warmest summer since 2025, tied 36th warmest of 133 (with 1991, 1916 and 1898).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 71.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 36th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 9.65 in; Wettest since 2024; 66th wettest of 132

A normal summer in Grand Rapids, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.6°F, between 67.9°F and 72.7°F in eight years of ten and 11.07 in of precipitation, between 7.92 in and 14.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Grand Rapids, MI since 1892: 71.4°F in 2026; the highest is 74.6°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 67.9 to 72.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	71.4	36	81.6	53	61.2	26	9.65	66	0
2025	72.1	25	82.8	26	61.4	20	6.83	105	0
2024	71.1	45	81.1	63	61.1	30	12.83	27	0
2023	70	71	80.6	75	59.4	66	10.39	54	0
2022	71.2	41	81.6	53	60.8	35	9.22	72	0
2021	72.5	17	82.4	38	62.6	6	15.26	8	0
2020	72.5	17	83.6	15	61.3	23	10.19	57	0
2019	71	49	81.2	61	60.8	35	11.69	38	0
2018	72.6	13	82.6	32	62.7	5	11.41	42	0
2017	70.3	65	80.9	69	59.7	58	7.72	96	0
2016	72.7	11	83.5	17	61.9	16	14.74	10	0
2015	69.1	92	78.9	107	59.2	70	10.01	62	0
2014	69.9	73	79.6	96	60.1	51	13.25	21	0
2013	70.4	62	80.6	75	60.3	45	9.63	67	0
2012	73.6	2	85.5	2	61.8	17	8.07	93	0
2011	72.7	11	82.4	38	62.9	3	14.63	11	0
2010	73.3	4	82.7	29	63.8	2	14.44	12	0
2009	67.9	113	77.6	123	58.3	86	13.26	20	0
2008	70.6	56	81.1	63	60.1	51	12.13	34	0
2007	72.1	25	82.9	22	61.2	26	10.73	52	0
2006	71.2	41	81.8	49	60.7	39	10.29	55	0
2005	72.6	13	82.8	26	62.3	11	12.85	25	0
2004	67.7	116	77.1	131	58.2	88	9.06	74	0
2003	68.7	100	79.4	101	57.9	97	9.04	76	0
2002	71.6	31	82	43	61.2	26	8.81	79	0
2001	69.8	75	79.9	92	59.7	58	8.83	78	0
2000	67.9	113	77.4	125	58.5	80	11.56	40	0
1999	70.6	56	80.8	71	60.4	44	9.91	64	0
1998	70.6	56	81	66	60.2	49	6.30	109	0
1997	68.4	106	78.6	112	58.1	92	6.70	106	0
1996	69.4	85	79.8	94	59	74	7.94	94	0
1995	72.4	19	82.8	26	62	15	13.18	22	0
1994	68.8	97	79.1	106	58.4	84	22.63	1	0
1993	69.8	75	79.6	96	60	53	15.61	7	0
1992	65.5	133	76.3	132	54.7	133	13.99	14	0
1991	71.4	36	82.7	29	60	53	11.79	37	0
1990	68.8	97	78.9	107	58.6	78	10.13	59	0
1989	68.7	100	79.4	101	58	95	11.09	45	0
1988	72.2	22	85.2	3	59.2	70	6.98	104	0
1987	71.5	35	82	43	60.9	34	14.95	9	0
1986	67.7	116	78	120	57.3	113	17.71	4	0
1985	67.3	124	78.3	115	56.4	124	11.25	44	0
1984	71.1	45	82.6	32	59.6	60	4.23	128	0
1983	71.6	31	82.5	36	60.6	42	8.34	86	0
1982	68.2	109	79.3	103	57.1	116	9.33	71	0
1981	70.5	60	81.4	56	59.6	60	10.91	47	0
1980	69.9	73	80.5	78	59.4	66	13.08	24	0
1979	69.1	92	80.1	87	58	95	10.76	51	0
1978	68.4	106	80.1	87	56.8	119	12.48	29	0
1977	68.8	97	80.3	81	57.4	111	13.43	17	0
1976	70.3	65	83.6	15	56.9	118	4.63	124	0
1975	69.6	81	80.7	73	58.5	80	15.66	6	0
1974	67.2	125	78.9	107	55.5	131	10.01	62	0
1973	71.6	31	82.5	36	60.8	35	7.09	102	0
1972	67.5	120	78.3	115	56.8	119	13.37	18	0
1971	69.5	82	81.9	47	57.2	114	5.39	117	0
1970	69.7	78	80.7	73	58.7	76	15.74	5	0
1969	68.5	104	79.7	95	57.2	114	11.30	43	0
1968	69	96	80.5	78	57.6	107	10.62	53	0
1967	67.9	113	79.2	105	56.6	121	14.32	13	0
1966	70.4	62	83.2	19	57.7	105	8.13	91	0
1965	68	112	79.6	96	56.3	126	10.21	56	0
1964	69.7	78	81.6	53	57.9	97	9.45	69	0
1963	69.4	85	81.1	63	57.8	100	9.43	70	0
1962	69.4	85	81	66	57.8	100	4.33	127	0
1961	69.1	92	80.1	87	58.1	92	5.25	119	0
1960	68.2	109	79.5	99	57	117	8.81	79	0
1959	72.3	20	83.5	17	61	32	6.15	111	0
1958	67.2	125	78.6	112	55.7	130	10.06	61	0
1957	69.5	82	80.3	81	58.7	76	12.39	30	0
1956	69.3	90	79.5	99	59	74	7.52	99	0
1955	72.8	9	84.3	9	61.4	20	8.58	84	0
1954	69.4	85	80.5	78	58.4	84	7.55	97	0
1953	71.3	40	83.2	19	59.4	66	7.53	98	0
1952	70.9	52	82.2	41	59.5	62	10.79	50	0
1951	67.2	125	78	120	56.4	124	9.19	73	0
1950	66.9	130	77.8	122	56	127	13.84	15	0
1949	72.6	13	83.8	12	61.3	23	8.77	81	0
1948	69.7	78	81.3	57	58.1	92	6.47	107	0
1947	70.3	65	82	43	58.6	78	6.47	107	0
1946	68.1	111	80.2	84	56	127	5.94	112	0
1945	66.7	131	78.1	118	55.3	132	7.29	100	0
1944	70.5	60	82.9	22	58.2	88	7.15	101	0
1943	70.6	56	81.7	51	59.5	62	8.12	92	0
1942	69.1	92	79.9	92	58.2	88	11.05	46	0
1941	70.1	69	82.6	32	57.6	107	8.86	77	0
1940	71	49	80.6	75	61.4	20	11.44	41	0
1939	72.3	20	82.4	38	62.1	14	13.76	16	0
1938	71.9	28	81.2	61	62.5	8	9.69	65	0
1937	72.6	13	82.7	29	62.6	6	10.12	60	0
1936	72.8	9	84.4	7	61.3	23	7.05	103	0
1935	71.2	41	80.2	84	62.2	13	12.34	31	0
1934	73.2	6	84.8	5	61.7	18	5.06	121	0
1933	73.3	4	84.2	11	62.3	11	6.24	110	0
1932	72.1	25	82.6	32	61.6	19	8.64	83	0
1931	73.2	6	83.8	12	62.5	8	5.79	114	0
1930	71.8	29	82.9	22	60.6	42	3.62	130	0
1929	68.5	104	79.3	103	57.8	100	5.18	120	0
1928	68.7	100	78.2	117	59.1	73	13.30	19	0
1927	67.1	128	78.1	118	56	127	3.54	131	0
1926	68.7	100	78.8	111	58.5	80	8.23	89	0
1925	71	49	81.3	57	60.7	39	8.27	88	0
1924	67.4	122	77.4	125	57.4	111	9.06	74	0
1923	71.1	45	82	43	60.3	45	4.69	122	0
1922	70.7	54	81	66	60.3	45	10.17	58	0
1921	74.6	1	85	4	64.2	1	12.15	32	0
1920	69.3	90	80.2	84	58.5	80	8.45	85	0
1919	73.2	6	83.7	14	62.8	4	4.17	129	0
1918	70.7	54	81.9	47	59.5	62	3.18	132	0
1917	67.6	118	77.4	125	57.9	97	10.81	48	0
1916	71.4	36	81.8	49	61.1	30	12.04	35	0
1915	66	132	75.3	133	56.6	121	8.73	82	0
1914	70.8	53	80.9	69	60.8	35	10.80	49	0
1913	71.8	29	82.9	22	60.7	39	4.43	126	0
1912	67.5	120	77.2	129	57.8	100	11.65	39	0
1911	71.2	41	81.3	57	61	32	8.32	87	0
1910	70.4	62	81.7	51	59.2	70	5.73	115	0
1909	70	71	80.1	87	59.9	56	12.85	25	0
1908	70.1	69	80.8	71	59.5	62	7.84	95	0
1907	68.3	108	78.4	114	58.2	88	9.56	68	0
1906	70.2	68	80.1	87	60.3	45	5.93	113	0
1905	69.4	85	78.9	107	59.9	56	17.91	3	0
1904	67.4	122	77.2	129	57.6	107	5.50	116	0
1903	67	129	77.5	124	56.5	123	13.18	22	0
1902	67.6	118	77.4	125	57.8	100	12.61	28	1
1901	73.4	3	84.4	7	62.4	10	12.14	33	0
1900	72.2	22	83.2	19	61.2	26	11.93	36	0
1899	72.2	22	84.3	9	60.2	49	5.36	118	0
1898	71.4	36	84.5	6	58.3	86	4.45	125	0
1897	69.5	82	81.3	57	57.7	105	4.69	122	0
1896	71.1	45	82.1	42	60	53	8.14	90	2
1894	71.6	31	85.8	1	57.6	107			2
1892	69.8	75	80.3	81	59.4	66	18.39	2	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	74.6
2012	73.6
1901	73.4
2010	73.3
1933	73.3
1934	73.2
1931	73.2
1919	73.2
1955	72.8
1936	72.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	65.5
1915	66
1945	66.7
1950	66.9
1903	67
1927	67.1
1974	67.2
1958	67.2
1951	67.2
1985	67.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1994	22.63
1892	18.39
1905	17.91
1986	17.71
1970	15.74
1975	15.66
1993	15.61
2021	15.26
1987	14.95
2016	14.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1918	3.18
1927	3.54
1930	3.62
1919	4.17
1984	4.23
1962	4.33
1913	4.43
1898	4.45
1976	4.63
1923	4.69
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 14 July 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 2 June 2026
Wettest day: 2.55 in; 10 August 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 9.65 in of precipitation in Grand Rapids, MI, the wettest summer since 2024, 66th wettest of 132.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 98°F on Tuesday 14 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: a low of 45°F on Tuesday 2 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 2.55 in on Monday 10 August 2026.