Detour Village, Michigan climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Detour Village's normal year runs from 9°F January nights to 75°F July afternoons, with 31.9 inches of precipitation and 75 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.6°C, January lows of −13°C, July highs of 24°C, 809 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDetour Village
- Station IDUSC00202094
- Location46.00°N 83.90°W
- Elevation595 ft (181 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Detour Village is 50°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 42%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Detour Village.
- Jan 24° 9°
- Feb 26° 9°
- Mar 34° 17°
- Apr 46° 30°
- May 59° 42°
- Jun 70° 52°
- Jul 75° 58°
- Aug 74° 58°
- Sep 66° 51°
- Oct 53° 40°
- Nov 41° 30°
- Dec 31° 19°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Detour Village each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 75°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 9°F. The most precipitation falls in October (3.83 in), the least in February (1.31 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 9°F | 16.3°F | 1.93 | 20.2 | 13 | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| February | 26°F | 9°F | 17.2°F | 1.31 | 13.9 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 34°F | 17°F | 25.5°F | 1.75 | 12.0 | 9 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 46°F | 30°F | 37.9°F | 2.44 | 4.6 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 59°F | 42°F | 50.4°F | 2.62 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 70°F | 52°F | 60.8°F | 3.06 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 75°F | 58°F | 66.3°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 74°F | 58°F | 66.0°F | 3.35 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 66°F | 51°F | 58.7°F | 3.61 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 53°F | 40°F | 46.3°F | 3.83 | 0.3 | 13 | <1 | 4 | 11 h |
| November | 41°F | 30°F | 35.2°F | 2.58 | 5.7 | 11 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 31°F | 19°F | 24.9°F | 2.32 | 17.9 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 50°F | 34°F | 42.1°F | 31.87 | 74.6 | 131 | 1 | 155 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −13°C | −8.7°C | 49 mm | 51 cm |
| February | −4°C | −13°C | −8.2°C | 33 mm | 35 cm |
| March | 1°C | −8°C | −3.6°C | 44 mm | 30 cm |
| April | 8°C | −1°C | 3.3°C | 62 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 15°C | 5°C | 10.2°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 21°C | 11°C | 16.0°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24°C | 14°C | 19.1°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23°C | 14°C | 18.9°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19°C | 11°C | 14.8°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12°C | 4°C | 7.9°C | 97 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5°C | −1°C | 1.8°C | 66 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1°C | −7°C | −3.9°C | 59 mm | 45 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00202094; 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.
Which months are mildest at Detour Village?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, June 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 USC00202094.
When is the last frost at Detour Village?
In Detour Village, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 5 in half of years and after May 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 6 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 51 year in 10 after May 20; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 167 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 189 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 25 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Detour Village in zone 5b in ZIP code 49725, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Michigan · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00202094; 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 at Detour Village?
In a normal year in Detour Village, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 155 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 131 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 155a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 81high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 131a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 27a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 102°F, on July 3, 1966; the lowest is −39°F, on February 17, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 42.41 in; the snowiest season is 1950–51, with 149.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00202094; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00202094. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Detour Village?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Detour Village, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (47%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 51% | 1.2 |
| February | 60% | 2.1 |
| March | 70% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.6 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 74% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 77% | 5.1 |
| September | 75% | 4.0 |
| October | 63% | 2.4 |
| November | 54% | 1.3 |
| December | 47% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Detour Village record?
A normal year at Detour Village brings 8,509 heating degree days, 58% 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 1,748 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,510 | 0 |
| February | 1,340 | 0 |
| March | 1,223 | 0 |
| April | 813 | 0 |
| May | 454 | 1 |
| June | 152 | 25 |
| July | 47 | 88 |
| August | 45 | 76 |
| September | 208 | 19 |
| October | 580 | 1 |
| November | 893 | 0 |
| December | 1,245 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,509 | 209 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00202094. 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.
Have recent years at Detour Village been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 44.6°F, 2.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 42.1°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44.9°F | +2.8°F | 27.88 | 62.0 |
| 2022 | 41.6°F | −0.5°F | 26.04 | 60.2 |
| 2023 | 44.6°F | +2.5°F | 26.49 | 45.6 |
Over 51 complete years from 1966 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.8°F per century (+0.38°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00202094; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Detour Village's climate compare?
Detour Village is warmer than 15 of the 140 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 21. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 42.1°F is warmer than 10%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Detour Village 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 Detour Village share this climate record?
De Tour Village has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- De Tour Village, MI263 people · 1 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 Detour Village's climate
What is the coldest month at Detour Village?
January, with a normal high of 24°F and a normal low of 9°F. The warmest is July (75°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow at Detour Village?
Yes: 75 inches in a normal year, falling on 43 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (20.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Detour Village?
October, with 3.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.31 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Detour Village in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Detour Village in zone 5b in ZIP code 49725, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come at Detour Village?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 5; in one year in ten it comes after May 20. Waiting until May 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pickford (3 mi NE), MI24 miles from this station, 41.9°F a year
- Rudyard (5 mi SE), MI32 miles from this station, 39.8°F a year
- Cheboygan, MI37 miles from this station, 43.7°F a year
- Rudyard (4 mi N), MI39 miles from this station, 42.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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