Midland, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Midland's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 33.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.9°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 28°C, 849 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMidland
- Station IDUSC00205434
- Location43.61°N 84.20°W
- Elevation640 ft (195 m)
- Population42,780
On October 23, the normal high in Midland is 57°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 43%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Midland.
- Jan 29° 17°
- Feb 32° 18°
- Mar 43° 25°
- Apr 56° 36°
- May 68° 48°
- Jun 78° 57°
- Jul 82° 62°
- Aug 80° 60°
- Sep 73° 52°
- Oct 60° 42°
- Nov 46° 32°
- Dec 34° 23°
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 Midland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.74 in), the least in February (1.92 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 | 29°F | 17°F | 22.9°F | 2.01 | 12 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 32°F | 18°F | 24.7°F | 1.92 | 9 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 43°F | 25°F | 34.0°F | 2.00 | 10 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 36°F | 45.9°F | 3.48 | 12 | <1 | 10 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 48°F | 58.0°F | 3.74 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 78°F | 57°F | 67.6°F | 3.71 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 82°F | 62°F | 71.8°F | 2.82 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 80°F | 60°F | 69.9°F | 3.17 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 73°F | 52°F | 62.5°F | 2.82 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 42°F | 50.9°F | 3.14 | 13 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 32°F | 38.7°F | 2.65 | 12 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 34°F | 23°F | 28.8°F | 1.95 | 12 | <1 | 27 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 39°F | 48.0°F | 33.41 | 134 | 10 | 136 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −9°C | −5.1°C | 51 mm |
| February | 0°C | −8°C | −4.1°C | 49 mm |
| March | 6°C | −4°C | 1.1°C | 51 mm |
| April | 13°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 88 mm |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 14.4°C | 95 mm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.8°C | 94 mm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 72 mm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.1°C | 81 mm |
| September | 23°C | 11°C | 16.9°C | 72 mm |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 10.5°C | 80 mm |
| November | 8°C | 0°C | 3.7°C | 67 mm |
| December | 1°C | −5°C | −1.8°C | 50 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Saginaw (8 miles away), gets 49 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00205434; 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 Midland?
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 (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 USC00205434.
When is the last frost in Midland?
In Midland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 1 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 291 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 167 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Midland in zone 6a across its 2 ZIP code areas (6a in 48640, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Midland's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (29 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 USC00205434; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Midland ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Midland's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 6a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Midland?
In a normal year in Midland, 10 days a year reach 90°F, 136 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 134 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 136a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 54high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 134a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1970) is 103°F, on June 28, 1971; the lowest is −19°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2006, with 40.00 in; the snowiest season is 2004–05, with 63.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00205434; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00205434. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Midland?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Midland, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (53%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.5 |
| February | 63% | 2.4 |
| March | 68% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.6 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.3 |
| August | 78% | 5.3 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 66% | 2.6 |
| November | 61% | 1.6 |
| December | 53% | 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 Midland need?
A normal year in Midland brings 6,797 heating degree days, 27% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 630 cooling degree days, 31% 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 2,691 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,303 | 0 |
| February | 1,128 | 0 |
| March | 962 | 1 |
| April | 577 | 3 |
| May | 256 | 37 |
| June | 53 | 131 |
| July | 10 | 220 |
| August | 18 | 170 |
| September | 136 | 62 |
| October | 445 | 6 |
| November | 788 | 0 |
| December | 1,122 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,797 | 630 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00205434. 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 Midland been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 45.5°F, 2.5°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 48.0°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.5°F | −2.5°F | 26.16 |
Over 86 complete years from 1898 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00205434; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Midland's climate compare?
Midland is warmer than 98 of the other 139 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 47. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.0°F is warmer than 32%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Midland is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 Midland share this climate record?
2 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.
- Sanford, MI768 people · 10 mi NW
- Merrill, MI671 people · 15 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.
Questions about Midland's climate
What is the coldest month in Midland?
January, with a normal high of 29°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Midland?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Midland's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Saginaw (8 miles away), records 49 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Midland?
May, with 3.74 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.92 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Midland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Midland in zone 6a across its 2 ZIP code areas (6a in 48640, the largest). By the same method at Midland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Midland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; 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
- Midland in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Saginaw, MI8 miles from this station, 48.0°F a year
- Auburn, MI9 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Essexville, MI18 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
- Oil City (2 mi S), MI19 miles from this station, 45.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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