Charlevoix, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Charlevoix's normal year runs from 16°F February nights to 76°F July afternoons, with 33.7 inches of precipitation and 100 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.5°C, February lows of −9°C, July highs of 24°C, 857 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCharlevoix
- Station IDUSC00201468
- Location45.32°N 85.27°W
- Elevation593 ft (181 m)
- Population2,332
On October 22, the normal high in Charlevoix is 54°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 54%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Charlevoix.
- Jan 29° 18°
- Feb 29° 16°
- Mar 37° 22°
- Apr 48° 33°
- May 61° 43°
- Jun 71° 54°
- Jul 76° 61°
- Aug 76° 61°
- Sep 70° 53°
- Oct 57° 43°
- Nov 45° 34°
- Dec 35° 25°
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 Charlevoix each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 76°F; February the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.33 in), the least in February (1.54 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°F | 18°F | 23.1°F | 2.27 | 29.9 | 19 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 29°F | 16°F | 22.6°F | 1.54 | 19.3 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 37°F | 22°F | 29.4°F | 1.86 | 12.0 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 48°F | 33°F | 40.3°F | 2.92 | 5.0 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 61°F | 43°F | 52.0°F | 3.05 | 0.1 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 71°F | 54°F | 62.5°F | 2.88 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 76°F | 61°F | 68.7°F | 2.72 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 76°F | 61°F | 68.1°F | 3.24 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 70°F | 53°F | 61.5°F | 3.60 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 43°F | 49.7°F | 4.33 | 0.2 | 17 | <1 | 2 | 11 h |
| November | 45°F | 34°F | 39.1°F | 2.83 | 6.4 | 16 | <1 | 12 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 35°F | 25°F | 29.6°F | 2.50 | 27.3 | 18 | <1 | 26 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 53°F | 38°F | 45.5°F | 33.74 | 100.2 | 160 | 3 | 135 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −8°C | −4.9°C | 58 mm | 76 cm |
| February | −2°C | −9°C | −5.2°C | 39 mm | 49 cm |
| March | 3°C | −6°C | −1.4°C | 47 mm | 30 cm |
| April | 9°C | 0°C | 4.6°C | 74 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 16°C | 6°C | 11.1°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22°C | 12°C | 16.9°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24°C | 16°C | 20.4°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 16°C | 20.1°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 12°C | 16.4°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 6°C | 9.8°C | 110 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7°C | 1°C | 3.9°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | 1°C | −4°C | −1.3°C | 64 mm | 69 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00201468; 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 Charlevoix?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, July 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 USC00201468.
When is the last frost in Charlevoix?
In Charlevoix, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 13 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 11 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 178 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 203 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before November 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Charlevoix in zone 6a in ZIP code 49720, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Charlevoix's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (23 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 USC00201468; 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 Charlevoix?
In a normal year in Charlevoix, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 135 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 160 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 135a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 62high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 160a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 37a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1891) is 99°F, on July 27, 1894; the lowest is −33°F, on February 17, 1904.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 45.02 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 164.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00201468; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00201468. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Charlevoix?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Charlevoix, 3.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (48%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 51% | 1.2 |
| February | 58% | 2.0 |
| March | 67% | 3.4 |
| April | 68% | 4.6 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 74% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 78% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 3.9 |
| October | 61% | 2.3 |
| November | 53% | 1.3 |
| December | 48% | 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 Charlevoix need?
A normal year in Charlevoix brings 7,438 heating degree days, 38% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 379 cooling degree days, 58% 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 2,135 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,299 | 0 |
| February | 1,189 | 0 |
| March | 1,104 | 0 |
| April | 743 | 0 |
| May | 412 | 9 |
| June | 131 | 55 |
| July | 29 | 142 |
| August | 26 | 122 |
| September | 151 | 47 |
| October | 479 | 4 |
| November | 779 | 0 |
| December | 1,099 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,438 | 379 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00201468. 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 Charlevoix been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 46.1°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.5°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.7°F | +2.2°F | 32.65 | 52.1 |
| 2022 | 45.3°F | −0.2°F | 33.20 | 89.4 |
| 2023 | 47.6°F | +2.1°F | 27.55 | 45.6 |
| 2024 | 49.4°F | +3.9°F | 35.15 | 73.9 |
| 2025 | 46.1°F | +0.6°F | 42.76 | 111.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00201468. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Charlevoix's climate compare?
Charlevoix is warmer than 49 of the other 139 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 54. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.5°F is warmer than 21%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix 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.
- Ironton, MI187 people · 6 mi SE
- Norwood, MI123 people · 8 mi SW
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 Charlevoix's climate
What is the coldest month in Charlevoix?
February, with a normal high of 29°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (76°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Charlevoix?
Yes: 100 inches in a normal year, falling on 54 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (29.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Charlevoix?
October, with 4.33 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.54 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Charlevoix in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Charlevoix in zone 6a in ZIP code 49720, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Charlevoix's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Charlevoix?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- East Jordan, MI13 miles from this station, 46.3°F a year
- Petoskey, MI15 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Boyne Falls, MI20 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Northport, MI22 miles from this station, 45.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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