NW Michigan Rsch Farm, MI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from NW Michigan Rsch Farm's primary NOAA station, NW MICHIGAN RSCH FARM.
The climate verdict for NW Michigan Rsch Farm
NW Michigan Rsch Farm, Michigan has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 58/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 58/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 31.2"
- annual precipitation · 115" snow
- 185 days
- frost-free days per growing season
NW Michigan Rsch Farm: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00206012 · NW Michigan Rsch Farm, MI 47°F mean · 31.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,715
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Woodland
- PRCP-MID 31.2"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 58/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,165 HDD
- STN-1 USC00206012
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Woodland, ME (+ 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.
- NW Michigan Rsc… (this station) 47°F
- Cold Flatwillow, MT 47°F
- Hot Maeser, UT 47°F
- Near Woodland, ME 47°F
- Near Roundup, MT 47°F
Climate Living Index · NW Michigan Rsch Farm
NW Michigan Rsch Farm: 44/100 · grade D
NW Michigan Rsch Farm publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for NW Michigan Rsch Farm, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 58/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 31.2 in · 3.8 from 35 in | 86/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 185 days/year | 54/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 142 calendar days | 52/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.6°F · 20.9° from 67.5°F | 25/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 114.5 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
NW Michigan Rsch Farm · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
NW Michigan Rsch Farm is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.9°F and warmest-month mean 69.9°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
- 69.9°F
- Coldest month
- 22.9°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 NW Michigan Rsch Farm sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for NW Michigan Rsch Farm's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 75%
- Among 6,861 stations, NW Michigan Rsch Farm sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 41st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How NW Michigan Rsch Farm compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
NW Michigan Rsch Farm's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
58 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°F (-3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.8" | 32.0" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 1.4" | 22.3" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (4°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 1.6" | 13.4" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.8" | 6.8" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.9" | 0.3" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.7" | 10.4" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (1°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.0" | 29.3" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 142 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near January 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 9, then returns to freezing around November 20, covering 142 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 11, when 55% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 7 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 149 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 20°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for NW Michigan Rsch Farm.
Where NW Michigan Rsch Farm Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 20°F.
NW Michigan Rsch Farm 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: 32.0"
17.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 22.3"
12.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.4"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.8"
11.5 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
14.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.4"
14.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 29.3"
16.2 days with precipitation
NW Michigan Rsch Farm spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. NW Michigan Rsch Farm has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 3.9" and February 1.4". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
How NW Michigan Rsch Farm's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 149 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 31.2" between them, or roughly 0.21 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
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 NW Michigan Rsch Farm
NW Michigan Rsch Farm averages 114.5 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 60 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: 114.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 60 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 37% 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
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
185 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,165
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
486
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to NW Michigan Rsch Farm 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 (47°F here).
- Addison, NY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Baraboo, WI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Coalville, UT 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Dalton, WI 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (31.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wright, MN 31.2" · 0.0" off
- Duluth, MN 31.2" · 0.0" off
- Cherokee, IA 31.2" · 0.0" off
- Robstown, TX 31.1" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define NW Michigan Rsch Farm
heating led · moderate · mid swing
NW Michigan Rsch Farm's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,165 annual heating degree days against 486 for cooling. Its 47.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
NW Michigan Rsch Farm's frost-free season lasts about 185 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. NW Michigan Rsch Farm coldest normal
January
Averaging 23°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. NW Michigan Rsch Farm typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. NW Michigan Rsch Farm snow peak
January
NW Michigan Rsch Farm averages 114.5 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 NW Michigan Rsch Farm's primary station: NW MICHIGAN RSCH FARM (USC00206012). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for NW Michigan Rsch Farm; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for NW Michigan Rsch Farm 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.