Ludington, MI Climate: Temperature by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ludington's primary NOAA station, LUDINGTON 4 SE.
The climate verdict for Ludington
Ludington, Michigan has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 46°F. July is the warmest month at 68°F and January the coldest at 23°F.
- 46°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 143 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Ludington: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00204954 · Ludington, MI 46°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rock Hill
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 7,239 HDD
- STN-1 USC00204954
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rock Hill, NY (+ 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.
- Ludington (this station) 46°F
- Cold Colden, NY 46°F
- Hot Mccammon, ID 46°F
- Near Rock Hill, NY 46°F
- Near Pittsfield, MA 46°F
Climate Living Index · Ludington
Ludington: 31/100 · grade F
Ludington publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ludington, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 154 calendar days | 44/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.0°F · 21.5° from 67.5°F | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 143 days/year | 20/100 · F |
Ludington · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Ludington sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Ludington are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 77%
- Among 6,861 stations, Ludington sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 60th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°F (-2°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | N/A | 29.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | N/A | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 41°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | N/A | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (6°C) | N/A | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| August | 78°F (25°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 67°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| September | 71°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | N/A | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | N/A | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | N/A | 27.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 154 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 16°F near January 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 154 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.
The widest day
May 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ludington.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
143 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,239
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
363
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to Ludington 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 (46°F here).
- Algona, IA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Arlington, WI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Eau Claire, WI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Glenbrook, NV 46°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ludington's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Ludington's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,239 annual heating degree days against 363 for cooling. Its 45.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 143 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ludington's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.2°F. The annual average is 46°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Ludington's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ludington'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 Ludington, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Ludington's climate
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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 Ludington's primary station: LUDINGTON 4 SE (USC00204954). 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 2649640). Match rule for Ludington: 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 Ludington 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.