Marquette, MI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Marquette's primary NOAA station, MARQUETTE - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Marquette
Marquette, Michigan has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 43°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 43°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 30.2"
- annual precipitation · 102" snow
- 166 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Marquette: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00014838 · Marquette, MI 43°F mean · 30.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #755
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pellston Rgnl
- PRCP-MID 30.2"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,398 HDD
- STN-MULTI USW00014838
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pellston Rgnl, MI (+ 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.
- Marquette (this station) 43°F
- Cold Morrisville Sto…, VT 43°F
- Hot Gaylord Otsego…, MI 43°F
- Near Pellston Rgnl, MI 43°F
- Near Grand Marais, MI 43°F
Climate Living Index · Marquette
Marquette: 33/100 · grade F
Marquette publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Marquette, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 30.2 in · 4.8 from 35 in | 83/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 166 days/year | 38/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 164 calendar days | 36/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.6°F · 24.9° from 67.5°F | 11/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 102.0 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Marquette · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Marquette is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 18.5°F and warmest-month mean 66.2°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 66.2°F
- Coldest month
- 18.5°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Marquette sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Marquette's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 89%
- Among 6,861 stations, Marquette sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 40th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Marquette is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Marquette compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Marquette's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Marquette's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 144 complete annual observations from 1861 to 2025, MARQUETTE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.17°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Marquette primary station fitted change +0.17 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°F (-4°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 1.9" | 25.1" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 27°F (-3°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 1.5" | 20.9" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 35°F (2°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.6" | 14.2" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 46°F (8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 2.7" | 8.4" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 59°F (15°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.9" | 0.3" | 2.8 | 0.1 |
| June | 68°F (20°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| July | 75°F (24°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| August | 74°F (24°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| September | 67°F (20°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.4" | 0.9" | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 2.4" | 11.1" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 30°F (-1°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 2.0" | 21.1" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 76°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 164 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 29.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 18, then returns to freezing around November 7, covering 164 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 13, when 55% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 3 at 34%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 153 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 19°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Marquette.
Where Marquette Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 19°F.
Marquette earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 25.1"
17.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.9"
12.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.2"
10.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.4"
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
11.8 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
14.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.1"
13.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 21.1"
14.4 days with precipitation
Marquette spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Marquette has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.7°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 3.4" and February 1.5". The three wettest months together take 33% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Rain reaches Marquette in small, frequent amounts
Marquette records about 152 days with measurable precipitation a year and 30.2" in total, which works out to roughly 0.20 inches on an average wet day. Precipitation on 42% of all days, arriving that lightly, is the damp many-grey-days pattern rather than the storm-driven one.
Places in this band read as wetter than their annual totals suggest, because what people notice is the number of overcast days, not the depth in the gauge.
- Most wet days: January, about 18 of them.
- Fewest: April, about 10.
- Average depth per wet day: 0.20 inches.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Marquette
Marquette averages 102.0 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 65 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 102.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 65 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 34% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
166 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,398
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
270
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to Marquette 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 (43°F here).
- Alamosa, CO 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Baldwin, WI 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Boulder, MT 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Center, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (30.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- York, NE 30.2" · 0.0" off
- Sibley, IA 30.2" · 0.0" off
- Penn Yan, NY 30.2" · 0.0" off
- Lake Wilson, MN 30.1" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Marquette
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Marquette's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,398 annual heating degree days against 270 for cooling. Its 47.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Marquette's frost-free season lasts about 166 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Marquette coldest normal
January
Averaging 19°F (-7°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Marquette typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Marquette snow peak
January
Marquette averages 102.0 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Marquette's primary station: MARQUETTE (USW00014838). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Marquette area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 2651900). Match rule for Marquette: 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 Marquette 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.