Stambaugh (2 mi SSE), Michigan climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)'s normal year runs from 0°F January nights to 77°F July afternoons, with 30.5 inches of precipitation and 67 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 3.6°C, January lows of −18°C, July highs of 25°C, 775 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStambaugh (2 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00207812
- Location46.06°N 88.63°W
- Elevation1,450 ft (442 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) is 50°F and the normal low 29°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 41%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Stambaugh (2 mi SSE).
- Jan 21° 0°
- Feb 26° 0°
- Mar 37° 9°
- Apr 50° 24°
- May 64° 37°
- Jun 73° 47°
- Jul 77° 50°
- Aug 75° 48°
- Sep 67° 41°
- Oct 53° 31°
- Nov 38° 21°
- Dec 26° 9°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 77°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 0°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.15 in), the least in February (0.96 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°F | 0°F | 10.7°F | 1.09 | 14.6 | 10 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 26°F | 0°F | 12.8°F | 0.96 | 12.5 | 7 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 37°F | 9°F | 23.1°F | 1.49 | 8.7 | 8 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 50°F | 24°F | 36.9°F | 2.55 | 7.4 | 11 | <1 | 26 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 37°F | 50.6°F | 3.17 | 0.3 | 12 | <1 | 11 | 15 h |
| June | 73°F | 47°F | 60.1°F | 4.00 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 2 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 77°F | 50°F | 63.7°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 75°F | 48°F | 61.5°F | 3.10 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 67°F | 41°F | 54.0°F | 3.48 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 6 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 53°F | 31°F | 41.8°F | 3.32 | 2.1 | 13 | <1 | 20 | 11 h |
| November | 38°F | 21°F | 29.2°F | 1.76 | 8.2 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 26°F | 9°F | 17.4°F | 1.46 | 13.6 | 11 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 51°F | 26°F | 38.5°F | 30.53 | 67.4 | 132 | 2 | 211 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6°C | −18°C | −11.8°C | 28 mm | 37 cm |
| February | −4°C | −18°C | −10.7°C | 24 mm | 32 cm |
| March | 3°C | −13°C | −4.9°C | 38 mm | 22 cm |
| April | 10°C | −4°C | 2.7°C | 65 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 18°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 81 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23°C | 8°C | 15.6°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 10°C | 17.6°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 9°C | 16.4°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12°C | −1°C | 5.4°C | 84 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 3°C | −6°C | −1.6°C | 45 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −3°C | −13°C | −8.1°C | 37 mm | 35 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00207812; 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.
Which months are mildest at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (11).
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 USC00207812.
When is the last frost at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
In Stambaugh (2 mi SSE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 4 in half of years and after June 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 10 in half of years and before August 21 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
- June 41 year in 10 after June 26; 9 in 10 after May 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 101 year in 10 before August 21; 9 in 10 before September 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 95 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 123 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 23 in half of springs and before September 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) in zone 4a in ZIP code 49915, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 4a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −30°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 USC00207812; 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 at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
In a normal year in Stambaugh (2 mi SSE), 2 days a year reach 90°F, 211 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 132 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 211a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 94high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 132a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 27a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1896) is 103°F, on July 13, 1936; the lowest is −45°F, on February 4, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1911, with 54.97 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 119.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00207812; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00207812. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE), 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (50%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.3 |
| February | 63% | 2.2 |
| March | 68% | 3.5 |
| April | 67% | 4.5 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 73% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 6.2 |
| August | 75% | 5.1 |
| September | 71% | 3.8 |
| October | 61% | 2.3 |
| November | 54% | 1.3 |
| December | 50% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) record?
A normal year at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) brings 9,776 heating degree days, 82% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 151 cooling degree days, 83% fewer than the median (908). Nine months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,442 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,682 | 0 |
| February | 1,462 | 0 |
| March | 1,299 | 0 |
| April | 843 | 0 |
| May | 452 | 8 |
| June | 181 | 33 |
| July | 102 | 62 |
| August | 146 | 36 |
| September | 341 | 13 |
| October | 718 | 0 |
| November | 1,074 | 0 |
| December | 1,476 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,776 | 151 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00207812. 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.
Have recent years at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 39.1°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 38.5°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40.4°F | +1.9°F | 26.47 | 64.5 |
| 2022 | 37.7°F | −0.8°F | 31.99 | 60.4 |
| 2023 | 41.0°F | +2.5°F | 27.25 | 88.5 |
| 2024 | 42.2°F | +3.7°F | 30.68 | 44.5 |
| 2025 | 39.1°F | +0.6°F | 32.67 | 81.5 |
Over 103 complete years from 1897 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.0°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00207812; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)'s climate compare?
Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) is warmer than 0 of the 140 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 15. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 38.5°F is warmer than 4%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) 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 Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) share this climate record?
5 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.
- Iron River, MI3,017 people · 3 mi N
- Caspian, MI818 people · 1 mi N
- Gaastra, MI318 people · 1 mi E
- Newald, WI88 people · 22 mi S
- Long Lake, WI41 people · 15 mi S
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 Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
January, with a normal high of 21°F and a normal low of 0°F. The warmest is July (77°F by day, 50°F at night).
Does it snow at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
Yes: 67 inches in a normal year, falling on 40 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (14.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
July, with 4.15 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.96 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stambaugh (2 mi SSE) in zone 4a in ZIP code 49915, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −30°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 4a.
How late can frost come at Stambaugh (2 mi SSE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 4; in one year in ten it comes after June 26. Waiting until June 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Amasa, MI15 miles from this station, 38.9°F a year
- Florence, WI20 miles from this station, 40.4°F a year
- Iron Mountain, MI30 miles from this station, 41.8°F a year
- Eagle River, WI32 miles from this station, 40.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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