Bergland, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bergland's normal year runs from 3°F January nights to 78°F July afternoons, with 42.6 inches of precipitation and 180 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 4.2°C, January lows of −16°C, July highs of 25°C, 1,082 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBergland Dam
- Station IDUSC00200718
- Location46.59°N 89.55°W
- Elevation1,300 ft (396 m)
- Population (census place)105
On October 14, the normal high in Bergland is 55°F and the normal low 34°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 52%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bergland.
- Jan 21° 3°
- Feb 25° 2°
- Mar 36° 11°
- Apr 49° 25°
- May 64° 38°
- Jun 74° 48°
- Jul 78° 53°
- Aug 76° 51°
- Sep 68° 44°
- Oct 54° 33°
- Nov 38° 23°
- Dec 26° 11°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Bergland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 78°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 3°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.42 in), the least in February (2.48 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°F | 3°F | 12.0°F | 3.42 | 41.6 | 22 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 25°F | 2°F | 13.6°F | 2.48 | 27.7 | 16 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 36°F | 11°F | 23.3°F | 2.68 | 22.4 | 14 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 49°F | 25°F | 37.1°F | 3.46 | 13.8 | 14 | <1 | 26 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 38°F | 51.1°F | 3.67 | 1.6 | 13 | <1 | 10 | 15 h |
| June | 74°F | 48°F | 61.1°F | 3.74 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 78°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 3.95 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 76°F | 51°F | 63.6°F | 3.56 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 68°F | 44°F | 56.2°F | 3.75 | 0.2 | 13 | <1 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 54°F | 33°F | 43.5°F | 4.42 | 5.0 | 16 | <1 | 18 | 11 h |
| November | 38°F | 23°F | 30.6°F | 3.68 | 28.2 | 17 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 26°F | 11°F | 18.3°F | 3.80 | 39.5 | 20 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 51°F | 29°F | 39.6°F | 42.61 | 180.0 | 179 | 2 | 202 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6°C | −16°C | −11.1°C | 87 mm | 106 cm |
| February | −4°C | −16°C | −10.2°C | 63 mm | 70 cm |
| March | 2°C | −12°C | −4.8°C | 68 mm | 57 cm |
| April | 10°C | −4°C | 2.8°C | 88 mm | 35 cm |
| May | 18°C | 3°C | 10.6°C | 93 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 95 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 12°C | 1°C | 6.4°C | 112 mm | 13 cm |
| November | 3°C | −5°C | −0.8°C | 93 mm | 72 cm |
| December | −3°C | −12°C | −7.6°C | 97 mm | 100 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00200718; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Bergland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (10).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00200718.
When is the last frost in Bergland?
In Bergland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 26 in half of years and after June 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 27 in half of years and before September 10 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 261 year in 10 after June 8; 9 in 10 after May 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 271 year in 10 before September 10; 9 in 10 before October 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 123 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 146 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 12 in half of springs and before October 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bergland in zone 4b in ZIP code 49910, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Bergland's NOAA station is in zone 4a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −25°F (16 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Michigan · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00200718; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Bergland?
In a normal year in Bergland, 2 days a year reach 90°F, 202 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 179 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 202a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 95high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 179a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 60a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1888) is 100°F, on July 2, 1911; the lowest is −48°F, on February 3, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 51.05 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 288.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00200718; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00200718. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Bergland?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bergland, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (50%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.3 |
| February | 63% | 2.2 |
| March | 68% | 3.5 |
| April | 67% | 4.5 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 73% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 6.2 |
| August | 75% | 5.1 |
| September | 71% | 3.8 |
| October | 61% | 2.3 |
| November | 54% | 1.3 |
| December | 50% | 0.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Bergland need?
A normal year in Bergland brings 9,422 heating degree days, 75% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 209 cooling degree days, 77% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,649 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,644 | 0 |
| February | 1,438 | 0 |
| March | 1,293 | 0 |
| April | 837 | 0 |
| May | 443 | 10 |
| June | 161 | 42 |
| July | 75 | 82 |
| August | 100 | 55 |
| September | 285 | 19 |
| October | 667 | 1 |
| November | 1,034 | 0 |
| December | 1,448 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,422 | 209 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00200718. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Bergland been warmer than normal lately?
Over 31 complete years from 1950 to 2022, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bergland's climate compare?
Bergland is warmer than 1 of the other 139 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 124. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 39.6°F is warmer than 5%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bergland is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Bergland share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- White Pine, MI404 people · 11 mi N
- Lake Gogebic, MI113 people · 3 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Bergland's climate
What is the coldest month in Bergland?
January, with a normal high of 21°F and a normal low of 3°F. The warmest is July (78°F by day, 53°F at night).
Does it snow in Bergland?
Yes: 180 inches in a normal year, falling on 83 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (41.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Bergland?
October, with 4.42 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.48 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bergland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bergland in zone 4b in ZIP code 49910, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Bergland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −25°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 4a.
How late can frost come in Bergland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 26; in one year in ten it comes after June 8. Waiting until June 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Paulding, MI22 miles from this station, 39.4°F a year
- Ontonagon, MI24 miles from this station, 43.3°F a year
- Greenland, MI29 miles from this station, 41.6°F a year
- Ironwood, MI29 miles from this station, 40.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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