Battle Creek, MI

Michigan · Records since 1895–2026

☀️ 77°F
Currently in Battle Creek
As of 2:30 PM

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

96°F

September 11, 1931

+20° from 76° normal

❄ Record Low

30°F

September 11, 1943

-25° from 55° normal
🌞 Normal high: 76°F 🌑 Normal low: 55°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Battle Creek

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 14, 1936
❄
-24°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 12, 1899
🌧
6.44"
Wettest Day Ever
Jun 26, 1978
☃
21.1"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 26, 1967

First & Last Dates — Battle Creek

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
195 days
Longest growing season
2007
101 days
Shortest growing season
1993
158 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 96°F September 11, 1931
2 93°F September 11, 1895
3 92°F September 11, 1952
4 92°F September 11, 1908
5 91°F September 11, 1906
6 90°F September 11, 2019
7 90°F September 11, 1900
8 89°F September 11, 2005
9 89°F September 11, 1947
10 89°F September 11, 1936

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 30°F September 11, 1943
2 31°F September 11, 1993
3 33°F September 11, 1917
4 37°F September 11, 1898
5 38°F September 11, 1929
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1895–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Battle Creek

threshold: 90°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.3
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
95°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
6
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1895–2026
8
2026 so far
14
Avg/year 1970–2025
11
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
41
Most in a year (1921)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Battle Creek

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 29, 1897 – Jul 10, 1897 12 101°F (Jul 9) 95°F 68°F
2 Jul 22, 1916 – Jul 31, 1916 10 103°F (Jul 29) 97°F 69°F
3 Jun 29, 1921 – Jul 8, 1921 10 101°F (Jul 4) 94°F 69°F
4 Aug 25, 1953 – Sep 3, 1953 10 99°F (Sep 1) 96°F 67°F
5 Jul 18, 1934 – Jul 26, 1934 9 103°F (Jul 21) 99°F 69°F
6 Jul 7, 1936 – Jul 14, 1936 8 104°F (Jul 14) 102°F 69°F
7 Jun 25, 1931 – Jul 2, 1931 8 100°F (Jul 1) 95°F 70°F
8 Jul 19, 1940 – Jul 26, 1940 8 99°F (Jul 25) 94°F 68°F
9 Aug 4, 1896 – Aug 11, 1896 8 98°F (Aug 8) 93°F 72°F
10 Aug 17, 1947 – Aug 24, 1947 8 98°F (Aug 19) 94°F 70°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

42
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
65
Most in a summer
2010

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1895–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1895, annual totals have trended +0.04" per decade, about +0.5" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Battle Creek is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

130 of 248 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

23.29"
2026 YTD
Normal: 22.32"
+0.97"
1.38"
September so far
September normal: 3.23"
-1.85"
3
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Battle Creek is 0.97" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Mar 1 – May 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
50.5°F
Average temperature
10th-warmest of 132
+2.8°
vs. average
Normal: 47.7°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1895–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.17° per decade (warming since 1895)

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1895–2024 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1977 53.8°F
2 2012 53.7°F
3 1921 52.8°F
4 2024 52.8°F
5 2010 52.5°F
6 1985 51.6°F
7 1987 51.3°F
8 1998 51.2°F
9 1991 51.1°F
10 2026 50.5°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1947 41.7°F
2 1940 42.2°F
3 1943 42.8°F
4 1950 42.9°F
5 1984 43.2°F
6 1926 43.3°F
7 1917 43.5°F
8 1904 43.6°F
9 1997 43.7°F
10 1996 43.7°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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