Southwest Lower Michigan Weather History The Weather History for
July 13th - A tornado strikes downtown Grand Rapids at 4:10 AM.
Several buildings are damaged and nine people are injured. - The
Dust Bowl summer of 1936 produces the hottest day on record
across the state of Michigan. Grand Rapids hits 108 degrees, its
highest temperature ever, with Mio, Michigan setting the state
record of 112 degrees. At Grand Rapids, six out of the seven
days from July 8th to July 14th were above 100 degrees. -
Clouds, rain and a cool northeast wind holds the high
temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s across West Michigan.
The high of 59 degrees at Grand Rapids is only the second time
in over a hundred years of record that the temperature did not
reach 60 degrees on a July day. Select Other Dates in Southwest
Lower Michigan Weather History