Holland, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Holland's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 34.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.6°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 28°C, 883 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHolland Tulip City Airport
- Station IDUSW00004839
- Location42.75°N 86.10°W
- Elevation689 ft (210 m)
- Population35,023
On October 14, the normal high in Holland is 62°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 44%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Holland.
- Jan 32° 20°
- Feb 34° 21°
- Mar 44° 28°
- Apr 57° 37°
- May 69° 48°
- Jun 78° 58°
- Jul 82° 62°
- Aug 80° 60°
- Sep 74° 52°
- Oct 61° 43°
- Nov 48° 34°
- Dec 37° 26°
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 Holland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.22 in), the least in February (1.77 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 20°F | 25.9°F | 1.87 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 34°F | 21°F | 27.4°F | 1.77 | 13 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 44°F | 28°F | 36.0°F | 2.07 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 37°F | 47.1°F | 3.50 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 58.3°F | 3.76 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 78°F | 58°F | 67.9°F | 3.45 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 82°F | 62°F | 71.6°F | 2.80 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 80°F | 60°F | 70.0°F | 3.06 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 74°F | 52°F | 62.9°F | 2.95 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 43°F | 51.7°F | 4.22 | 14 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 34°F | 40.7°F | 3.20 | 13 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 37°F | 26°F | 31.5°F | 2.11 | 14 | <1 | 25 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 58°F | 41°F | 49.3°F | 34.76 | 146 | 8 | 123 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −7°C | −3.4°C | 47 mm |
| February | 1°C | −6°C | −2.6°C | 45 mm |
| March | 7°C | −2°C | 2.2°C | 53 mm |
| April | 14°C | 3°C | 8.4°C | 89 mm |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 14.6°C | 96 mm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 88 mm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 22.0°C | 71 mm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.1°C | 78 mm |
| September | 23°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 75 mm |
| October | 16°C | 6°C | 10.9°C | 107 mm |
| November | 9°C | 1°C | 4.8°C | 81 mm |
| December | 3°C | −3°C | −0.3°C | 54 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00004839; 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 Holland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USW00004839.
When is the last frost in Holland?
In Holland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 4 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 281 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 175 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 16 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holland in zone 6b in ZIP code 49423. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Holland's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (23 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 USW00004839; 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 Holland?
In a normal year in Holland, 8 days a year reach 90°F, 123 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 146 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 123a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 43high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 146a normal year
The highest temperature in Holland's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1905) is 102°F, on July 30, 1913; the lowest is −24°F, on February 1, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1967, with 49.27 in; the snowiest season is 1969–70, with 159.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00004839; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record BIVthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Holland?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Holland, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and January the cloudiest (47%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 47% | 1.3 |
| February | 53% | 2.0 |
| March | 64% | 3.5 |
| April | 68% | 4.7 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 76% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.3 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 65% | 2.6 |
| November | 58% | 1.6 |
| December | 48% | 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 much heating and cooling does Holland need?
A normal year in Holland brings 6,333 heating degree days, 18% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 631 cooling degree days, 30% 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 2,751 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,214 | 0 |
| February | 1,053 | 0 |
| March | 900 | 1 |
| April | 540 | 3 |
| May | 246 | 37 |
| June | 47 | 134 |
| July | 9 | 215 |
| August | 15 | 171 |
| September | 123 | 62 |
| October | 420 | 8 |
| November | 729 | 0 |
| December | 1,037 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,333 | 631 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00004839. 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 Holland been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 49.8°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.3°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.3°F | +2.0°F | 27.57 |
| 2022 | 49.3°F | at normal | 35.86 |
| 2024 | 52.6°F | +3.3°F | 35.63 |
| 2025 | 49.8°F | +0.5°F | 27.31 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00004839. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Holland's climate compare?
Holland is warmer than 124 of the other 139 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 76. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.3°F is warmer than 37%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Holland 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.
Which places near Holland share this climate record?
5 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.
- Zeeland, MI5,637 people · 6 mi NE
- Beechwood, MI2,736 people · 4 mi N
- Fennville, MI1,733 people · 10 mi S
- Douglas, MI1,412 people · 9 mi SW
- Saugatuck, MI879 people · 8 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Holland's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Holland. This page uses Holland Tulip City Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Water Treatment Plant USC00203858 | 7 mi NW | 617 ft | 48.0°F | 20°F | 79°F | 38.2 | – | April 27 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Holland's climate
What is the coldest month in Holland?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 62°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Holland?
October, with 4.22 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.77 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Holland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Holland in zone 6b in ZIP code 49423. By the same method at Holland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Holland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Holland in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Allegan, MI19 miles from this station, 47.4°F a year
- Grand Haven, MI22 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- South Haven, MI25 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Bloomingdale, MI26 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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