The Great Heat Wave – The Michigan Weather Center

This  week is the 87^th  anniversary of the greatest heat wave in Michigan history. At Grand Rapids the heat wave started on July 7^th with a high of 98 and 11 of the next 12 days had highs of 90 or better and there were 6 days of 100 or better including the all time record high of 108 on July 13^th

Take a look at  what Michigan suffered through in July 1936. All of southern Michigan and much of northern Michigan sweltered with seven days in a row over 100 degrees. Mio, MI had Michigan’s hottest temperature ever recorded at 112 degrees on July 13, 1936. Take a look at the high temperatures between July 7^th and the 14^th

Detroit 104, 102, 102, 101, 100, 102, 104

Flint  108, 105, 102, 104, 105, 108, 105

Saginaw  107, 104, 107, 107, 105, 111

Ann Arbor  102, 100, 100, 90, 103, 103, 103

Grand Rapids 98, 101, 101, 102, 99, 106, 108, 102

Kalamazoo  101, 104, 102, 103, 102, 105, 109, 108, 103

For some reason Lansing was cooler with highs of

91,98,96,98,99,99,101. And…