Rogers City, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Rogers City's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 31.7 inches of precipitation and 85 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.1°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 27°C, 806 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRogers City
- Station IDUSC00207094
- Location45.42°N 83.82°W
- Elevation615 ft (188 m)
- Population2,890
On October 23, the normal high in Rogers City is 54°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 48%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Rogers City.
- Jan 28° 14°
- Feb 30° 13°
- Mar 38° 20°
- Apr 50° 30°
- May 64° 41°
- Jun 75° 52°
- Jul 80° 58°
- Aug 79° 57°
- Sep 71° 50°
- Oct 57° 39°
- Nov 44° 30°
- Dec 34° 21°
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 Rogers City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.44 in), the least in February (1.53 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°F | 14°F | 21.1°F | 2.17 | 23.7 | 17 | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| February | 30°F | 13°F | 21.5°F | 1.53 | 17.8 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 38°F | 20°F | 29.1°F | 1.65 | 11.2 | 9 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 50°F | 30°F | 40.4°F | 2.61 | 4.6 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 41°F | 52.7°F | 2.89 | 0.2 | 12 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 75°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 80°F | 58°F | 68.8°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 79°F | 57°F | 67.8°F | 3.41 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 71°F | 50°F | 60.4°F | 3.05 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 39°F | 48.1°F | 3.27 | 0.4 | 15 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| November | 44°F | 30°F | 37.1°F | 2.33 | 6.7 | 14 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 34°F | 21°F | 27.3°F | 2.31 | 20.2 | 14 | <1 | 29 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 36°F | 44.8°F | 31.73 | 84.8 | 142 | 8 | 162 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −10°C | −6.1°C | 55 mm | 60 cm |
| February | −1°C | −10°C | −5.8°C | 39 mm | 45 cm |
| March | 3°C | −7°C | −1.6°C | 42 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 10°C | −1°C | 4.7°C | 66 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 18°C | 5°C | 11.5°C | 73 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 10°C | 15.8°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 4°C | 8.9°C | 83 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7°C | −1°C | 2.8°C | 59 mm | 17 cm |
| December | 1°C | −6°C | −2.6°C | 59 mm | 51 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00207094; 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 Rogers City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00207094.
When is the last frost in Rogers City?
In Rogers City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 10 in half of years and after May 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before September 30 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 101 year in 10 after May 24; 9 in 10 after April 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before September 30; 9 in 10 before October 31
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 154 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 180 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 29 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rogers City in zone 6a in ZIP code 49779, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Rogers City's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (18 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 USC00207094; 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.
How hot and how cold does it get in Rogers City?
In a normal year in Rogers City, 8 days a year reach 90°F, 162 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 142 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 162a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 63high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 142a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 31a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00207094.
How sunny is Rogers City?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Rogers City, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (47%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 51% | 1.2 |
| February | 60% | 2.1 |
| March | 70% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.6 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 74% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 77% | 5.1 |
| September | 75% | 4.0 |
| October | 63% | 2.4 |
| November | 54% | 1.3 |
| 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 Rogers City need?
A normal year in Rogers City brings 7,727 heating degree days, 44% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 397 cooling degree days, 56% 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 2,120 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,362 | 0 |
| February | 1,217 | 0 |
| March | 1,114 | 0 |
| April | 739 | 1 |
| May | 392 | 12 |
| June | 121 | 67 |
| July | 29 | 147 |
| August | 35 | 123 |
| September | 182 | 43 |
| October | 529 | 5 |
| November | 837 | 0 |
| December | 1,170 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,727 | 397 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00207094. 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.
How does Rogers City's climate compare?
Rogers City is warmer than 43 of the other 139 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 20. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.8°F is warmer than 18%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Rogers 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 Rogers City 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.
- Presque Isle Harbor, MI722 people · 17 mi E
- Posen, MI278 people · 12 mi SE
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 Rogers City's climate
What is the coldest month in Rogers City?
January, with a normal high of 28°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Rogers City?
Yes: 85 inches in a normal year, falling on 50 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (23.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Rogers City?
June, with 3.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.53 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Rogers City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Rogers City in zone 6a in ZIP code 49779, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Rogers City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Rogers City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 10; in one year in ten it comes after May 24. Waiting until May 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Onaway, MI20 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Alpena, MI27 miles from this station, 44.3°F a year
- Atlanta, MI32 miles from this station, 43.4°F a year
- Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE), MI35 miles from this station, 41.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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