Essexville, MI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Essexville's primary NOAA station, ESSEXVILLE.
The climate verdict for Essexville
Essexville, 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
- 33.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 176 days
- frost-free growing season
Essexville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00202631 · Essexville, MI 48°F mean · 33.1" 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 #2,127
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Glendo Rsvr Usbr
- PRCP-MID 33.1"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,886 HDD
- STN-1 USC00202631
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Glendo Rsvr 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.
- Essexville (this station) 48°F
- Cold Durand Wwtp, MI 48°F
- Hot Stockton, IL 48°F
- Near Glendo Rsvr Usbr, WY 48°F
- Near Hardin, MT 48°F
Climate Living Index · Essexville
Essexville: 50/100 · grade D
Essexville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Essexville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 33.1 in · 1.9 from 35 in | 92/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 176 days/year | 47/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 150 calendar days | 46/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.8°F · 19.7° from 67.5°F | 31/100 · F |
Essexville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Essexville is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 22.7°F and warmest-month mean 71.9°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 71.9°F
- Coldest month
- 22.7°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 Essexville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Essexville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 31st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 44th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Essexville is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Essexville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Essexville'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 | 30°F (-1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.7" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.7" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.9" | 24.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.6" | 9.9 | 0.1 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.4" | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| June | 78°F (25°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.2" | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 3.0" | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.4" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.1" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 150 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near January 27.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 9, then returns to freezing around November 12, covering 150 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 May 14, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 2 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 113 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Essexville.
Where Essexville Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Essexville earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.9 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
Essexville 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 16%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Essexville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 3.8" and February 1.7". The three wettest months together take 33% 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 Essexville's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 111 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 33.1" between them, or roughly 0.30 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 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
176 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,886
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
641
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to Essexville 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).
- Alliance, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Broadwater, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Chugwater, WY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Colo, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (33.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Forest Lake, MN 33.1" · 0.0" off
- Anthony, KS 33.1" · 0.0" off
- Norwich, KS 33.1" · 0.0" off
- Shawano, WI 33.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Essexville's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Essexville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,886 annual heating degree days against 641 for cooling. Its 49.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Essexville's frost-free season lasts about 176 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 Essexville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.2°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Essexville's 33.1 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 Essexville'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 Essexville, 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 Essexville's primary station: ESSEXVILLE (USC00202631). 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 2626420). Match rule for Essexville: 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 Essexville 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.