Burton, MI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Burton's primary NOAA station, BURTON 4N.
The climate verdict for Burton
Burton, Michigan has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 34.5"
- yearly precipitation total
- 150 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Burton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00201150 · Burton, MI 47°F mean · 34.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,921
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Concord
- PRCP-MID 34.5"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,983 HDD
- STN-1 USC00201150
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Concord, NH (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MI station list.
- Burton (this station) 47°F
- Cold Logan Radio Kvnu, UT 47°F
- Hot Concord, NH 47°F
- Near Kent City, MI 47°F
- Near Casper, WY 47°F
Climate Living Index · Burton
Burton: 44/100 · grade D
Burton publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Burton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 34.5 in · 0.5 from 35 in | 95/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 164 calendar days | 36/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.2°F · 20.3° from 67.5°F | 28/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 150 days/year | 25/100 · F |
Burton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Burton is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.1°F and warmest-month mean 70.7°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 70.7°F
- Coldest month
- 23.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Burton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Burton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 72%
- Among 6,861 stations, Burton sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 47th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Burton is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Burton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Burton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F (0°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.4" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.9" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.3" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.3" | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.8" | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| September | 74°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.0" | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.0" | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.6" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.1" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 164 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near February 2.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around November 6, covering 164 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
April 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Burton.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Burton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Burton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.8" and February 1.9". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
150 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,983
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
521
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to Burton on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (47°F here).
- Amboy, MN 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Concord, NH 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Atkinson, WI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Harrington, WA 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (34.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wells, MN 34.5" · 0.0" off
- Necedah, WI 34.5" · 0.0" off
- Amery, WI 34.5" · 0.0" off
- El Reno, OK 34.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Burton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Burton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,983 annual heating degree days against 521 for cooling. Its 47.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Burton's frost-free season lasts about 150 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Burton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 47.6°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Burton's 34.5 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Burton's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Burton, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Burton's primary station: BURTON 4N (USC00201150). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2612060). Match rule for Burton: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Burton comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.