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The state record low is −51 °F (−46 °C), recorded at Vanderbilt on February 9, 1934, while the state record high is 112 °F (44 °C), recorded at Mio on July 13, 1936. [1] Data for section is unsupported
In 1929, a wave 6 meters in height pulled ten people from the shore, to their deaths in Grand Haven, Michigan. A three-meter wave that hit the Chicago waterfront in 1954 swept people off of piers, drowning seven.
Lake Michigan recorded wave heights of 20 to 22 feet and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. The southern end of Lake Michigan experienced a lake level rise of 15 inches as the winds pushed water down the lake. [30] [31] Lake Huron experienced 23-foot waves and a wind gust of 74 mph was recorded at Fort Gratiot at the southern end of the lake. [32]
The World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, has announced in a recent news release that it now belongs to a 62.3-foot-high-wave. 62-foot-high wave becomes highest ever recorded Skip to main content
It was the largest recorded ocean wave ever to strike the United States West Coast, and Harrington's report that that wave crested at the height of the lantern and that it buried the area between the lighthouse and the bluff in water which rose to the lighthouse's balcony suggests a possible wave height of 200 feet (61 m). [13]
The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [7] In 2011, a ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) was recorded in Port Sudan , Sudan. [ 8 ]
An enormous, 58-foot-tall swell that crashed in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, in November 2020 has been confirmed as the largest "rogue" wave ever Once dismissed as mythical, a 60-foot ...
The hottest temperature recorded in Grand Haven was 98 °F (36.7 °C) on June 4, 2023, while the coldest temperature recorded was −13 °F (−25.0 °C) on February 20, 2015. [12] Winter temperatures are considerably warmer than cities on the western shore of Lake Michigan.