Standish, Michigan climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Standish's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 30.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.7°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 27°C, 779 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStandish (4 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00207820
- Location44.01°N 83.90°W
- Elevation615 ft (188 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population1,456
On October 23, the normal high in Standish is 55°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 36%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Standish.
- Jan 28° 14°
- Feb 30° 14°
- Mar 40° 23°
- Apr 53° 33°
- May 66° 44°
- Jun 76° 54°
- Jul 80° 58°
- Aug 78° 57°
- Sep 72° 49°
- Oct 59° 39°
- Nov 45° 30°
- Dec 34° 22°
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 Standish 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 (3.55 in), the least in February (1.43 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°F | 14°F | 21.1°F | 1.61 | 11 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 30°F | 14°F | 22.2°F | 1.43 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 40°F | 23°F | 31.5°F | 1.50 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 53°F | 33°F | 43.1°F | 3.31 | 12 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 66°F | 44°F | 55.1°F | 3.52 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 76°F | 54°F | 65.0°F | 3.55 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 80°F | 58°F | 69.2°F | 2.92 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 78°F | 57°F | 67.5°F | 3.53 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 72°F | 49°F | 60.2°F | 2.63 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 59°F | 39°F | 48.8°F | 2.68 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 45°F | 30°F | 37.6°F | 2.41 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 34°F | 22°F | 27.8°F | 1.58 | 11 | <1 | 28 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 37°F | 45.8°F | 30.67 | 123 | 7 | 164 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −10°C | −6.1°C | 41 mm |
| February | −1°C | −10°C | −5.4°C | 36 mm |
| March | 5°C | −5°C | −0.3°C | 38 mm |
| April | 12°C | 1°C | 6.2°C | 84 mm |
| May | 19°C | 7°C | 12.8°C | 89 mm |
| June | 24°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 90 mm |
| July | 27°C | 15°C | 20.7°C | 74 mm |
| August | 26°C | 14°C | 19.7°C | 90 mm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 67 mm |
| October | 15°C | 4°C | 9.3°C | 68 mm |
| November | 7°C | −1°C | 3.1°C | 61 mm |
| December | 1°C | −5°C | −2.3°C | 40 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, West Branch (22 miles away), gets 53 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00207820; 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 Standish?
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 (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 USC00207820.
When is the last frost in Standish?
In Standish, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 5 in half of years and after May 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 10 in half of years and before September 26 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 51 year in 10 after May 23; 9 in 10 after April 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 101 year in 10 before September 26; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 156 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 182 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 24 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Standish in zone 5b in ZIP code 48658, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Standish's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (24 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 USC00207820; 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 Standish?
In a normal year in Standish, 7 days a year reach 90°F, 164 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 123 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 164a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 55high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 123a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1895) is 100°F, on June 20, 1995; the lowest is −28°F, on February 1, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1986, with 39.04 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 74.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00207820; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00207820. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Standish?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Standish, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (51%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 54% | 1.3 |
| February | 57% | 2.1 |
| March | 68% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.1 |
| October | 64% | 2.5 |
| November | 57% | 1.5 |
| December | 51% | 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 Standish need?
A normal year in Standish brings 7,391 heating degree days, 38% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 422 cooling degree days, 54% 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 2,253 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,361 | 0 |
| February | 1,198 | 0 |
| March | 1,037 | 0 |
| April | 657 | 2 |
| May | 331 | 23 |
| June | 87 | 87 |
| July | 25 | 155 |
| August | 37 | 114 |
| September | 180 | 37 |
| October | 505 | 4 |
| November | 822 | 0 |
| December | 1,152 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,391 | 422 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00207820. 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 Standish been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 49.0°F, 3.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.8°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.7°F | +1.9°F | 28.39 |
| 2022 | 45.7°F | −0.1°F | 30.23 |
| 2023 | 48.0°F | +2.2°F | 29.42 |
| 2024 | 49.0°F | +3.2°F | 28.36 |
Over 47 complete years from 1946 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.0°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00207820; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Standish's climate compare?
Standish is warmer than 53 of the other 139 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 45.8°F is warmer than 23%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Standish 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 Standish share this climate record?
6 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.
- Pinconning, MI1,185 people · 11 mi S
- Au Gres, MI957 people · 10 mi E
- Sterling, MI459 people · 6 mi W
- Omer, MI284 people · 3 mi NE
- Twining, MI142 people · 8 mi NE
- Turner, MI120 people · 10 mi NE
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 Standish's climate
What is the coldest month in Standish?
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 Standish?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Standish's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, West Branch (22 miles away), records 53 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Standish?
June, with 3.55 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.43 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Standish in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Standish in zone 5b in ZIP code 48658, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Standish's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Standish?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 5; in one year in ten it comes after May 23. Waiting until May 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hale (5 mi SSW) #2, MI21 miles from this station, 43.4°F a year
- West Branch, MI22 miles from this station, 44.3°F a year
- East Tawas, MI27 miles from this station, 45.6°F a year
- Auburn, MI27 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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