Novi, Michigan climate: NOAA's gridded normals for the city, beside the nearest station records
NOAA's gridded 1991-2020 normals put Novi's center at January lows of 16°F and July highs of 83°F, a yearly mean of 48.4°F and 33.4 inches of precipitation. No NOAA station keeps a record under the city's name. The nearest station record, Farmington (6 miles E, 720 ft), has January lows of 16°F and July highs of 83°F.
67,675 people (Census Bureau 2024). Distances and directions are from the city's center.
- Jan 31° 16°
- Feb 34° 18°
- Mar 45° 26°
- Apr 58° 36°
- May 70° 47°
- Jun 79° 57°
- Jul 83° 61°
- Aug 81° 60°
- Sep 74° 52°
- Oct 61° 41°
- Nov 47° 31°
- Dec 36° 22°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
The months above are NOAA's gridded normals at Novi's center.
What is each month like in Novi?
NOAA's grid estimates the normals every 5 km or so from the stations around each point, terrain included. It smooths between stations, so night lows at the heart of a large city can run warmer than the grid shows: at five big-city airports we compared, the grid's highs were within about 1°F of the station and its lows 1-6°F cooler. The nearest record's high and low are beside each month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Farmington high | Farmington low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 16°F | 23.4°F | 2.12 | 30°F | 16°F |
| February | 34°F | 18°F | 25.7°F | 1.76 | 34°F | 16°F |
| March | 45°F | 26°F | 35.1°F | 2.22 | 44°F | 24°F |
| April | 58°F | 36°F | 46.9°F | 3.04 | 57°F | 34°F |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 58.2°F | 3.80 | 69°F | 46°F |
| June | 79°F | 57°F | 67.7°F | 3.41 | 78°F | 56°F |
| July | 83°F | 61°F | 71.7°F | 3.36 | 83°F | 60°F |
| August | 81°F | 60°F | 70.0°F | 3.30 | 81°F | 59°F |
| September | 74°F | 52°F | 62.6°F | 3.04 | 74°F | 51°F |
| October | 61°F | 41°F | 50.8°F | 2.81 | 60°F | 40°F |
| November | 47°F | 31°F | 39.0°F | 2.46 | 47°F | 30°F |
| December | 36°F | 22°F | 29.0°F | 2.12 | 35°F | 22°F |
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.1°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 28°C and 849 mm of precipitation a year.
Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Monthly Gridded Climate Normals 1991-2020 (nClimGrid, accession 0245564); NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 station normals. The grid cell holding the city's Census center point.
What do the station records around Novi say?
Each row is a NOAA station's own 1991-2020 normals, with the snow and frost dates the grid does not give. A record downhill or nearer the coast than the city can run warmer, one uphill cooler: compare the elevations.
| Record | Where | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | 6 mi E | 720 ft | 47.6°F | 16°F | 83°F | 33.0 | 36 | May 1 |
| MilfordMilford Gm Proving Ground | 12 mi NW | 970 ft | 47.7°F | 15°F | 82°F | 34.1 | – | May 6 |
| PontiacPontiac Oakland County International Airport | 13 mi N | 976 ft | 48.4°F | 17°F | 82°F | 29.2 | – | April 29 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals; place center and population: Census Bureau 2024. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
How much snow, how late a frost, what zone and how much sun in Novi?
NOAA's grid gives no snow, frost dates or records, so these come from the nearest station record, Farmington (6 miles E, 720 ft). It gets 36 inches of snow in a normal year. The last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and the first autumn frost before October 17.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Novi in zone 6a across its 4 ZIP code areas.
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area (3.8 kWh per square metre a day, NASA POWER 2001-2020); July is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (54%).
Farmington's page has its months, frost probabilities, records by month and recent years. NOAA's grid has monthly figures only, so there are no day-by-day month pages for Novi; the nearest record's month pages have them.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals, station USC00202691; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; sunshine: NASA POWER.
How does the climate vary across Novi, ZIP code by ZIP code?
4 ZIP code areas lie wholly or partly in Novi. On NOAA's grid 48375 is the warmest (48.4°F a year) and 48377 the coolest (48.2°F), so the city is nearly uniform. Each row also names the nearest station record and its frost dates.
| ZIP code | Zone | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Nearest record | Last frost | First frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48167 | 6a | 48.3°F | 16°F | 83°F | 33.6 | Farmington (9 mi) | May 1 | October 17 |
| 48374 | 6a | 48.2°F | 16°F | 83°F | 33.5 | Farmington (8 mi) | May 1 | October 17 |
| 48375 | 6a | 48.4°F | 16°F | 83°F | 33.4 | Farmington (5 mi) | May 1 | October 17 |
| 48377 | 6a | 48.2°F | 16°F | 82°F | 33.4 | Farmington (6 mi) | May 1 | October 17 |
Source: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file and ZCTA centers; NOAA NCEI gridded and station normals, 1991-2020. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) is in the city; its figures are the grid cell at its center; frost dates are the nearest record's medians of 32°F.