Flint Bishop, 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 Flint Bishop's primary NOAA station, FLINT BISHOP INTL AP.
The climate verdict for Flint Bishop
Flint Bishop, Michigan has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 48°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 32.0"
- annual precipitation · 52" snow
- 157 days
- frost-free growing season
Flint Bishop: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00014826 · Flint Bishop, MI 48°F mean · 32.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,058
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Milford GM Prov…
- PRCP-MID 32.0"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,851 HDD
- STN-1 USW00014826
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Milford GM Proving Ground, MI (+ 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.
- Flint Bishop (this station) 48°F
- Cold Logan Cache, UT 48°F
- Hot Milford GM Prov…, MI 48°F
- Near Farmington, MI 48°F
- Near Owosso Wwtp, MI 48°F
Climate Living Index · Flint Bishop
Flint Bishop: 49/100 · grade D
Flint Bishop publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Flint Bishop, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 32.0 in · 3.0 from 35 in | 89/100 · A |
| Summer moisture balance | 59.4°F mean dew point | 69/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 146 calendar days | 49/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 157 days/year | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.7°F · 19.8° from 67.5°F | 30/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 52.1 inches/year | 20/100 · F |
Flint Bishop · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Flint Bishop is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.0°F and warmest-month mean 70.9°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
- 70.9°F
- Coldest month
- 23.0°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 Flint Bishop sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Flint Bishop's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 70%
- Among 6,861 stations, Flint Bishop sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 43rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 72%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Flint Bishop is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Flint Bishop compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Flint Bishop's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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
Flint Bishop's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 69 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2025, FLINT BISHOP INTL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.25°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Flint Bishop primary station fitted change +0.25 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F (-1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.0" | 15.1" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 33°F (0°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.7" | 13.0" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.0" | 6.6" | 23.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.1" | 2.4" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.8" | 0.3" | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.3" | 3.3" | 17.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.9" | 11.4" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 146 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 6, then returns to freezing around November 13, covering 146 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 4, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 31 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 138 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Flint Bishop.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 15.1"
14.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.0"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.6"
11.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
12.7 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
11.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.4"
13.8 days with precipitation
Flint Bishop spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Flint Bishop has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.7" and February 1.7". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 Flint Bishop's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 138 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 32.0" between them, or roughly 0.23 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.
Winter brings real snow to Flint Bishop
Flint Bishop averages 52.1 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 47 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 52.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 47 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 16% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
157 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,851
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
565
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 9.9 | 28% | 51% |
| February | 72% | 10.0 | 33% | 46% |
| March | 65% | 10.1 | 38% | 38% |
| April | 59% | 9.6 | 43% | 28% |
| May | 66% | 8.1 | 43% | 22% |
| June | 66% | 7.5 | 47% | 13% |
| July | 70% | 6.7 | 43% | 12% |
| August | 73% | 6.9 | 47% | 15% |
| September | 73% | 8.1 | 45% | 24% |
| October | 72% | 9.3 | 36% | 41% |
| November | 76% | 9.8 | 26% | 55% |
| December | 78% | 10.0 | 22% | 58% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to Flint Bishop 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).
- Batavia, NY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Belchertown, MA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Briggsdale, CO 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Canby, CA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (32.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Beeville, TX 31.9" · 0.0" off
- Sioux Rapids, IA 32.0" · 0.0" off
- Bloomer, WI 31.9" · 0.1" off
- Henrietta, TX 32.0" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Flint Bishop
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Flint Bishop's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,851 annual heating degree days against 565 for cooling. Its 47.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Flint Bishop's frost-free season lasts about 157 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Flint Bishop coldest normal
January
Averaging 23°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Flint Bishop typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Flint Bishop snow peak
January
Flint Bishop averages 52.1 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Flint Bishop's primary station: FLINT BISHOP INTL AP (USW00014826). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Flint Bishop; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Flint Bishop 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.