Tahquamenon Falls State Park, MI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Tahquamenon Falls State Park's primary NOAA station, TAHQUAMENON FALLS SP.
The climate verdict for Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 40°F. At 47/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 17% of scores.
- 40°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 47/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.6"
- annual precipitation · 170" snow
Tahquamenon Falls State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00208043 · Tahquamenon Falls State Park, MI 40°F mean · 39.6" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 40°F
- RANK-COOL #343
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laona
- PRCP-MID 39.6"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 47/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,347 HDD
- STN-1 USC00208043
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Laona, WI (+ 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.
- Tahquamenon Fal… (this station) 40°F
- Cold Errol, NH 40°F
- Hot Laona, WI 40°F
- Near E Haven, VT 40°F
- Near Brassua Dam, ME 40°F
Climate Living Index · Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Tahquamenon Falls State Park: 23/100 · grade F
Tahquamenon Falls State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tahquamenon Falls State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 47/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.6 in · 4.6 from 35 in | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 39.7°F · 27.8° from 67.5°F | 4/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 169.9 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Tahquamenon Falls State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 15.2°F and warmest-month mean 63.0°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
- 63.0°F
- Coldest month
- 15.2°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 Tahquamenon Falls State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tahquamenon Falls State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 95%
- Among 6,861 stations, Tahquamenon Falls State Park sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 57th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 72%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tahquamenon Falls State Park is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Tahquamenon Falls State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Tahquamenon Falls State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
47 17th percentile score exceeds 17% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 23°F (-5°C) | 8°F (-14°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 3.6" | 46.1" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 25°F (-4°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 2.5" | 36.5" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 35°F (2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 2.4" | 16.3" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.8" | 9.7" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 2.6" | 0.2" | 10.9 | 0.1 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| July | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| August | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| September | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| October | 53°F (12°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 4.6" | 1.2" | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 40°F (4°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 3.5" | 17.2" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 29°F (-2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 3.6" | 42.7" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 77°F around July 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 5°F near February 3.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 3, then returns to freezing around October 21, covering 196 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 17, when 60% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 5 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 150 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tahquamenon Falls State Park.
Where Tahquamenon Falls State Park Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 196 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park 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: 46.1"
18.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 36.5"
14.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.3"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.7"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.5 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
15.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.2"
14.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 42.7"
16.1 days with precipitation
Tahquamenon Falls State Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Tahquamenon Falls State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.8°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.6" and March 2.4". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Tahquamenon Falls State Park's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 149 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 39.6" between them, or roughly 0.27 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 Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Tahquamenon Falls State Park averages 169.9 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 65 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: 169.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 65 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 43% 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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,347
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
155
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MI closest to Tahquamenon Falls State Park 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 (40°F here).
- Butternut, WI 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Cloquet, MN 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Colebrook, NH 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Laona, WI 40°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kewanee, IL 39.6" · 0.0" off
- White Hall, IL 39.6" · 0.0" off
- Gouverneur, NY 39.6" · 0.0" off
- Reedsburg, WI 39.6" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Tahquamenon Falls State Park
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Tahquamenon Falls State Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,347 annual heating degree days against 155 for cooling. Its 47.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Tahquamenon Falls State Park. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
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1. Tahquamenon Falls State Park coldest normal
January
Averaging 15°F (-9°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Tahquamenon Falls State Park typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Tahquamenon Falls State Park snow peak
January
Tahquamenon Falls State Park averages 169.9 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 Tahquamenon Falls State Park's primary station: TAHQUAMENON FALLS SP (USC00208043). 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 Tahquamenon Falls State Park; 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 Tahquamenon Falls State Park 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.