Eaton Rapids, MI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Eaton Rapids's primary NOAA station, EATON RAPIDS.
The climate verdict for Eaton Rapids
Eaton Rapids, Michigan has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 48°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 36.3"
- yearly precipitation total
- 167 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Eaton Rapids: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00202437 · Eaton Rapids, MI 48°F mean · 36.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,196
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whalen Dam Usbr
- PRCP-MID 36.3"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,736 HDD
- STN-1 USC00202437
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Whalen Dam Usbr, WY (+ 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.
- Eaton Rapids (this station) 48°F
- Cold Billings, MT 48°F
- Hot Saline Wwtp, MI 48°F
- Near Whalen Dam Usbr, WY 48°F
- Near Dowagiac, MI 48°F
Climate Living Index · Eaton Rapids
Eaton Rapids: 50/100 · grade D
Eaton Rapids publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Eaton Rapids, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 36.3 in · 1.3 from 35 in | 93/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 149 calendar days | 47/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 167 days/year | 39/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.1°F · 19.4° from 67.5°F | 32/100 · F |
Eaton Rapids · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Eaton Rapids is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.1°F and warmest-month mean 71.5°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
- 71.5°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 Eaton Rapids sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Eaton Rapids's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 32nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 50th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Eaton Rapids is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Eaton Rapids compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Eaton Rapids'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 (-1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.3" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.8" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.3" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.1" | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 4.2" | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 3.6" | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.6" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 2.0" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 149 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near January 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 5, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 149 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 5, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 27 at 33%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 143 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Eaton Rapids.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
14.6 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
Eaton Rapids spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Eaton Rapids has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.2" and February 1.8". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
How Eaton Rapids's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 143 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 36.3" between them, or roughly 0.25 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
167 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,736
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
606
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to Eaton Rapids 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 (48°F here).
- Boone, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Castleford, ID 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Concord, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Crofton, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (36.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mauston, WI 36.3" · 0.0" off
- Decatur, IL 36.4" · 0.0" off
- Dalton, WI 36.4" · 0.0" off
- Shenandoah, IA 36.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Eaton Rapids's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Eaton Rapids's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,736 annual heating degree days against 606 for cooling. Its 48.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Eaton Rapids's frost-free season lasts about 167 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 Eaton Rapids's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.4°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Eaton Rapids's 36.3 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 Eaton Rapids'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 Eaton Rapids, 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 Eaton Rapids's primary station: EATON RAPIDS (USC00202437). 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 2624540). Match rule for Eaton Rapids: 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 Eaton Rapids 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.