Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Grosse Pointe Farms's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 35.8 inches of precipitation and 28 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.2°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 28°C, 910 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGrosse Pointe Farms
- Station IDUSC00203477
- Location42.41°N 82.89°W
- Elevation613 ft (187 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population9,794
On October 23, the normal high in Grosse Pointe Farms is 57°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Grosse Pointe Farms.
- Jan 32° 17°
- Feb 34° 18°
- Mar 43° 25°
- Apr 56° 36°
- May 67° 48°
- Jun 77° 58°
- Jul 82° 62°
- Aug 80° 61°
- Sep 73° 54°
- Oct 60° 43°
- Nov 47° 32°
- Dec 37° 24°
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 Grosse Pointe Farms each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.86 in), the least in January (2.09 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 17°F | 24.0°F | 2.09 | 9.4 | 11 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 34°F | 18°F | 25.8°F | 2.15 | 7.4 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 43°F | 25°F | 33.9°F | 2.55 | 3.5 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 36°F | 45.7°F | 3.41 | 0.3 | 11 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 48°F | 57.3°F | 3.86 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 77°F | 58°F | 67.5°F | 3.64 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 82°F | 62°F | 72.2°F | 3.38 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 80°F | 61°F | 70.5°F | 3.47 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 73°F | 54°F | 63.3°F | 3.31 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 43°F | 51.4°F | 2.80 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 32°F | 39.6°F | 2.79 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 37°F | 24°F | 30.4°F | 2.36 | 6.9 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 40°F | 48.5°F | 35.81 | 27.9 | 120 | 11 | 124 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −9°C | −4.4°C | 53 mm | 24 cm |
| February | 1°C | −8°C | −3.4°C | 55 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 6°C | −4°C | 1.1°C | 65 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 13°C | 2°C | 7.6°C | 87 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 19°C | 9°C | 14.1°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 14°C | 19.7°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 17°C | 22.3°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 12°C | 17.4°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 6°C | 10.8°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 8°C | 0°C | 4.2°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 3°C | −5°C | −0.9°C | 60 mm | 18 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00203477; 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 Grosse Pointe Farms?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00203477.
When is the last frost in Grosse Pointe Farms?
In Grosse Pointe Farms, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 7 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
- April 291 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 7; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 176 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 198 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 16 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Grosse Pointe Farms in zone 6b in ZIP code 48236. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Grosse Pointe Farms's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 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 USC00203477; 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 Grosse Pointe Farms?
In a normal year in Grosse Pointe Farms, 11 days a year reach 90°F, 124 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 120 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 124a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 44high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 120a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 11a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1950) is 105°F, on June 26, 1988; the lowest is −17°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 44.93 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 49.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00203477; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00203477. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Grosse Pointe Farms?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Grosse Pointe Farms, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and January the cloudiest (52%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 52% | 1.4 |
| February | 58% | 2.3 |
| March | 64% | 3.4 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.3 |
| July | 80% | 6.2 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.3 |
| October | 68% | 2.8 |
| November | 62% | 1.8 |
| December | 55% | 1.3 |
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 Grosse Pointe Farms need?
A normal year in Grosse Pointe Farms brings 6,632 heating degree days, 23% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 645 cooling degree days, 29% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,711 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,269 | 0 |
| February | 1,098 | 0 |
| March | 963 | 0 |
| April | 583 | 2 |
| May | 271 | 30 |
| June | 52 | 126 |
| July | 8 | 231 |
| August | 14 | 184 |
| September | 117 | 65 |
| October | 426 | 5 |
| November | 762 | 0 |
| December | 1,073 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,632 | 645 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00203477. 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 Grosse Pointe Farms been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 51.5°F, 3.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 48.5°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.8°F | +3.3°F | – | – |
| 2022 | 50.0°F | +1.5°F | 27.65 | 23.1 |
| 2023 | 51.5°F | +3.0°F | – | – |
Over 56 complete years from 1952 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.0°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00203477; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Grosse Pointe Farms's climate compare?
Grosse Pointe Farms is warmer than 112 of the other 139 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 92. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.5°F is warmer than 34%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Grosse Pointe Farms is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 Grosse Pointe Farms share this climate record?
12 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.
- Warren, MIalso near: Mount Clemens (13 mi, 48.7°F a year); Pontiac Wastewater Treatment Plant (15 mi, 49.1°F a year)137,686 people · 9 mi NW
- St. Clair Shores, MIalso near: Mount Clemens (9 mi, 48.7°F a year); Algonac (20 mi, 48.7°F a year)58,077 people · 6 mi N
- Roseville, MI47,047 people · 7 mi N
- Eastpointe, MI33,943 people · 5 mi NW
- Hamtramck, MI27,424 people · 9 mi W
- Grosse Pointe Woods, MI15,897 people · 2 mi N
- Hazel Park, MI15,064 people · 11 mi W
- Harper Woods, MI14,936 people · 3 mi NW
- Grosse Pointe Park, MI11,158 people · 3 mi SW
- Center Line, MI8,533 people · 9 mi NW
- Grosse Pointe, MI5,526 people · 2 mi SW
- Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI2,555 people · 3 mi N
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 Grosse Pointe Farms's climate
What is the coldest month in Grosse Pointe Farms?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Grosse Pointe Farms?
Yes: 28 inches in a normal year, falling on 16 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (9.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Grosse Pointe Farms?
May, with 3.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 2.09 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Grosse Pointe Farms in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Grosse Pointe Farms in zone 6b in ZIP code 48236. By the same method at Grosse Pointe Farms's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Grosse Pointe Farms?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mount Clemens, MI14 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Dearborn, MI19 miles from this station, 49.5°F a year
- Algonac, MI23 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Farmington, MI24 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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