Hale Loud Dam, Michigan climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Hale Loud Dam's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 32.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.9°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 27°C, 831 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHale Loud Dam
- Station IDUSC00203529
- Location44.46°N 83.72°W
- Elevation728 ft (222 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Hale Loud Dam is 55°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hale Loud Dam.
- Jan 28° 11°
- Feb 30° 10°
- Mar 41° 18°
- Apr 53° 30°
- May 66° 42°
- Jun 76° 52°
- Jul 81° 57°
- Aug 79° 56°
- Sep 71° 48°
- Oct 58° 37°
- Nov 45° 27°
- Dec 34° 18°
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 Hale Loud Dam each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.69 in), the least in February (1.52 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°F | 11°F | 19.2°F | 1.81 | 9 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 30°F | 10°F | 19.9°F | 1.52 | 7 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 41°F | 18°F | 29.5°F | 1.97 | 7 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 53°F | 30°F | 41.7°F | 3.08 | 9 | <1 | 20 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 66°F | 42°F | 54.0°F | 3.33 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 76°F | 52°F | 64.2°F | 3.51 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 81°F | 57°F | 68.8°F | 3.69 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 79°F | 56°F | 67.4°F | 3.32 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 71°F | 48°F | 59.9°F | 2.86 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 58°F | 37°F | 47.6°F | 3.17 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| November | 45°F | 27°F | 35.9°F | 2.53 | 8 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 34°F | 18°F | 25.8°F | 1.92 | 8 | <1 | 29 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 34°F | 44.5°F | 32.71 | 107 | 7 | 173 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −12°C | −7.1°C | 46 mm |
| February | −1°C | −12°C | −6.7°C | 39 mm |
| March | 5°C | −8°C | −1.4°C | 50 mm |
| April | 12°C | −1°C | 5.4°C | 78 mm |
| May | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 85 mm |
| June | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 89 mm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 94 mm |
| August | 26°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 84 mm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.5°C | 73 mm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 8.7°C | 81 mm |
| November | 7°C | −3°C | 2.2°C | 64 mm |
| December | 1°C | −8°C | −3.4°C | 49 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Glennie (2 mi SE) (5 miles away), gets 41 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00203529; 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 Hale Loud Dam?
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 USC00203529.
When is the last frost at Hale Loud Dam?
In Hale Loud Dam, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 16 in half of years and after May 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 22 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 161 year in 10 after May 30; 9 in 10 after May 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 22; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 143 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 166 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 4 in half of springs and before October 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hale Loud Dam in zone 5a in ZIP code 48737, 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 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (22 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 USC00203529; 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 Hale Loud Dam?
In a normal year in Hale Loud Dam, 7 days a year reach 90°F, 173 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 173a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 60high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1913) is 107°F, on July 13, 1936; the lowest is −40°F, on February 17, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1994, with 40.63 in; the snowiest season is 1951–52, with 93.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00203529; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00203529. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Hale Loud Dam?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Hale Loud Dam, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (51%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 54% | 1.3 |
| February | 57% | 2.1 |
| March | 68% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.1 |
| October | 64% | 2.5 |
| November | 57% | 1.5 |
| December | 51% | 1.1 |
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 Hale Loud Dam record?
A normal year at Hale Loud Dam brings 7,821 heating degree days, 46% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 389 cooling degree days, 57% 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 2,154 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,420 | 0 |
| February | 1,263 | 0 |
| March | 1,101 | 0 |
| April | 701 | 1 |
| May | 360 | 18 |
| June | 99 | 77 |
| July | 26 | 145 |
| August | 38 | 112 |
| September | 188 | 34 |
| October | 540 | 2 |
| November | 872 | 0 |
| December | 1,214 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,821 | 389 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00203529. 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 Hale Loud Dam been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 45.4°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 44.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.5°F | +3.0°F | 31.40 |
| 2022 | 44.8°F | +0.3°F | 29.81 |
| 2023 | 47.1°F | +2.6°F | 30.09 |
| 2024 | 48.8°F | +4.3°F | 33.24 |
| 2025 | 45.4°F | +0.9°F | 31.12 |
Over 73 complete years from 1914 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00203529; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hale Loud Dam's climate compare?
Hale Loud Dam is warmer than 40 of the 140 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 31. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.5°F is warmer than 17%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hale Loud Dam 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.
Questions about Hale Loud Dam's climate
What is the coldest month at Hale Loud Dam?
January, with a normal high of 28°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow at Hale Loud Dam?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Glennie (2 mi SE) (5 miles away), records 41 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Hale Loud Dam?
July, with 3.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hale Loud Dam in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hale Loud Dam in zone 5a in ZIP code 48737, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come at Hale Loud Dam?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 16; in one year in ten it comes after May 30. Waiting until May 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Glennie (2 mi SE), MI5 miles from this station, 42.9°F a year
- Hale (5 mi SSW) #2, MI12 miles from this station, 43.4°F a year
- Lupton, MI15 miles from this station, 43.7°F a year
- East Tawas, MI16 miles from this station, 45.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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