Maple City, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Maple City's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 35.7 inches of precipitation and 143 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.6°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 27°C, 906 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMaple City (1 mi E)
- Station IDUSC00205097
- Location44.85°N 85.84°W
- Elevation799 ft (244 m)
- Population (census place)192
On October 23, the normal high in Maple City is 55°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 45%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Maple City.
- Jan 29° 16°
- Feb 31° 16°
- Mar 41° 22°
- Apr 53° 31°
- May 67° 42°
- Jun 76° 52°
- Jul 80° 57°
- Aug 78° 57°
- Sep 71° 50°
- Oct 58° 40°
- Nov 45° 30°
- Dec 34° 22°
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 Maple City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.46 in), the least in February (1.89 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°F | 16°F | 22.3°F | 2.76 | 44.5 | 19 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 31°F | 16°F | 23.3°F | 1.89 | 27.5 | 13 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 41°F | 22°F | 31.2°F | 1.97 | 14.3 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 53°F | 31°F | 42.0°F | 2.92 | 6.4 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 67°F | 42°F | 54.2°F | 3.09 | 0.2 | 11 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 76°F | 52°F | 63.6°F | 2.94 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 80°F | 57°F | 68.6°F | 2.71 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 78°F | 57°F | 67.6°F | 2.94 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 71°F | 50°F | 60.6°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 58°F | 40°F | 49.2°F | 4.46 | 0.5 | 13 | <1 | 5 | 11 h |
| November | 45°F | 30°F | 37.5°F | 3.24 | 13.9 | 15 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 34°F | 22°F | 28.2°F | 2.67 | 36.0 | 16 | <1 | 27 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 36°F | 45.7°F | 35.67 | 143.3 | 143 | 6 | 154 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −9°C | −5.4°C | 70 mm | 113 cm |
| February | −1°C | −9°C | −4.8°C | 48 mm | 70 cm |
| March | 5°C | −6°C | −0.4°C | 50 mm | 36 cm |
| April | 12°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 74 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 19°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 78 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 14°C | 19.8°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 10°C | 15.9°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 4°C | 9.6°C | 113 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7°C | −1°C | 3.1°C | 82 mm | 35 cm |
| December | 1°C | −5°C | −2.1°C | 68 mm | 91 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00205097; 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 Maple City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00205097.
When is the last frost in Maple City?
In Maple City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 22 in half of years and after June 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 9 in half of years and before September 25 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 221 year in 10 after June 6; 9 in 10 after May 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 91 year in 10 before September 25; 9 in 10 before October 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 140 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 166 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 9 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Maple City in zone 6b in ZIP code 49664, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Michigan · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00205097; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Maple City?
In a normal year in Maple City, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 154 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 143 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 154a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 58high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 143a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 44a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1959) is 99°F, on July 8, 1988; the lowest is −24°F, on February 17, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1969, with 44.79 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 219.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00205097; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00205097. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Maple City?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Maple City, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (47%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 52% | 1.3 |
| February | 59% | 2.2 |
| March | 67% | 3.5 |
| April | 67% | 4.6 |
| May | 71% | 5.6 |
| June | 75% | 6.2 |
| July | 79% | 6.2 |
| August | 77% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.1 |
| October | 62% | 2.4 |
| November | 55% | 1.4 |
| December | 47% | 0.9 |
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 Maple City need?
A normal year in Maple City brings 7,410 heating degree days, 38% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 409 cooling degree days, 55% 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 2,208 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,324 | 0 |
| February | 1,166 | 0 |
| March | 1,049 | 1 |
| April | 691 | 1 |
| May | 354 | 20 |
| June | 116 | 72 |
| July | 33 | 146 |
| August | 39 | 121 |
| September | 176 | 42 |
| October | 496 | 5 |
| November | 825 | 0 |
| December | 1,142 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,410 | 409 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00205097. 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 Maple City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 46.7°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.7°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2024 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49.7°F | +4.0°F | 30.35 | 110.0 |
| 2025 | 46.7°F | +1.0°F | 38.60 | 157.7 |
Over 39 complete years from 1960 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.2°F per century (+0.34°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00205097; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Maple City's climate compare?
Maple City is warmer than 51 of the other 139 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 90. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.7°F is warmer than 22%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Maple City 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 Maple City 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.
- Empire, MI356 people · 11 mi W
- Glen Arbor, MI313 people · 8 mi W
- Lake Ann, MI251 people · 9 mi S
- Maple Grove, MI156 people · 10 mi S
- Cedar, MI26 people · 2 mi E
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 Maple City's climate
What is the coldest month in Maple City?
January, with a normal high of 29°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Maple City?
Yes: 143 inches in a normal year, falling on 63 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (44.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Maple City?
October, with 4.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Maple City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Maple City in zone 6b in ZIP code 49664, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Maple City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 22; in one year in ten it comes after June 6. Waiting until June 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- NW Michigan Research Farm, MI8 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Traverse City Munson, MI11 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- Traverse City, MI15 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Old Mission (3 mi SSW), MI16 miles from this station, 46.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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