Alpena, MI

Michigan · Records since 1916–2026

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Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

89°F

September 26, 2017

+22° from 67° normal

❄ Record Low

25°F

September 26, 1926

-19° from 44° normal
🌞 Normal high: 67°F 🌑 Normal low: 44°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Alpena

🔥
106°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 13, 1936
❄
-37°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 17, 1979
🌧
5.14"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 3, 1937
☃
18.2"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 22, 1922

First & Last Dates — Alpena

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)
169 days
Longest growing season
2017
60 days
Shortest growing season
1925
134 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 89°F September 26, 2017
2 88°F September 26, 1920
3 85°F September 26, 1999
4 84°F September 26, 1973
5 82°F September 26, 1933
6 81°F September 26, 1938
7 80°F September 26, 1923
8 80°F September 26, 1917
9 78°F September 26, 2024
10 78°F September 26, 2004

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 25°F September 26, 1926
2 26°F September 26, 1925
3 28°F September 26, 1965
4 28°F September 26, 1951
5 28°F September 26, 1932
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 1916–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Alpena

threshold: 88°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
95°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
2
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
0
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1917–2026
4
2026 so far
8
Avg/year 1970–2025
10
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
32
Most in a year (1955)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Alpena

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 11, 1983 – Jul 20, 1983 10 102°F (Jul 14) 92°F 62°F
2 Aug 26, 1953 – Sep 4, 1953 10 99°F (Sep 1) 95°F 63°F
3 Jul 17, 1987 – Jul 25, 1987 9 97°F (Jul 20) 93°F 64°F
4 Jul 1, 2020 – Jul 9, 2020 9 96°F (Jul 9) 91°F 61°F
5 Jul 7, 1936 – Jul 14, 1936 8 106°F (Jul 13) 102°F 66°F
6 Jun 30, 1921 – Jul 7, 1921 8 99°F (Jul 6) 94°F 63°F
7 Aug 15, 1955 – Aug 22, 1955 8 99°F (Aug 21) 94°F 63°F
8 Jul 30, 1955 – Aug 5, 1955 7 98°F (Aug 1) 94°F 66°F
9 Jun 13, 1919 – Jun 19, 1919 7 94°F (Jun 13) 91°F 60°F
10 Aug 9, 1944 – Aug 15, 1944 7 94°F (Aug 10) 92°F 58°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

48
2026 total
above-normal nights
40.8
Avg / summer
1970–2020
63
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 (1916–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1916, annual totals have trended +0.06" per decade, about +0.6" 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 Alpena is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

104 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

33.64"
2026 YTD
Normal: 22.16"
+11.48"
1.83"
September so far
September normal: 2.84"
-1.01"
9
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Alpena is 11.48" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 25 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
60.5°F
Average temperature
32nd-warmest of 110
+0.8°
vs. average
Normal: 59.7°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1917–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.20° per decade (warming since 1917)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1917–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.09" per decade (drier since 1917)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2015 65.1°F
2 1931 64.8°F
3 1961 64.5°F
4 2004 64.2°F
5 2002 64.1°F
6 2016 64.0°F
7 2018 64.0°F
8 1921 63.7°F
9 2022 63.1°F
10 1947 63.1°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1924 51.9°F
2 1918 52.9°F
3 1974 53.0°F
4 1950 53.4°F
5 1975 53.4°F
6 1993 53.9°F
7 1928 54.5°F
8 1995 54.5°F
9 1963 54.6°F
10 1956 54.9°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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