Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE), Michigan climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)'s normal year runs from 8°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 32.4 inches of precipitation and 84 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.4°C, January lows of −13°C, July highs of 27°C, 822 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationVanderbilt (11 mi ENE)
- Station IDUSC00208417
- Location45.17°N 84.44°W
- Elevation905 ft (276 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) is 53°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 47%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE).
- Jan 26° 8°
- Feb 28° 6°
- Mar 39° 13°
- Apr 52° 26°
- May 67° 38°
- Jun 77° 47°
- Jul 80° 51°
- Aug 78° 50°
- Sep 70° 42°
- Oct 56° 33°
- Nov 42° 26°
- Dec 31° 17°
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 Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 8°F. The most precipitation falls in October (3.52 in), the least in February (1.49 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°F | 8°F | 16.8°F | 2.18 | 25.9 | 17 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 28°F | 6°F | 17.0°F | 1.49 | 15.3 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 39°F | 13°F | 25.9°F | 1.78 | 11.4 | 11 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 52°F | 26°F | 38.8°F | 3.06 | 5.7 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 67°F | 38°F | 52.4°F | 2.92 | 0.2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 77°F | 47°F | 61.8°F | 3.03 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 80°F | 51°F | 65.6°F | 2.95 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 78°F | 50°F | 64.0°F | 3.51 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 70°F | 42°F | 56.1°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 5 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 56°F | 33°F | 44.5°F | 3.52 | 0.8 | 15 | <1 | 17 | 11 h |
| November | 42°F | 26°F | 34.1°F | 2.42 | 7.1 | 13 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 31°F | 17°F | 24.0°F | 2.15 | 17.5 | 15 | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 30°F | 41.7°F | 32.38 | 83.9 | 145 | 8 | 200 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3°C | −13°C | −8.4°C | 55 mm | 66 cm |
| February | −2°C | −15°C | −8.3°C | 38 mm | 39 cm |
| March | 4°C | −10°C | −3.4°C | 45 mm | 29 cm |
| April | 11°C | −4°C | 3.8°C | 78 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 19°C | 3°C | 11.3°C | 74 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 25°C | 8°C | 16.6°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 11°C | 18.7°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 10°C | 17.8°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 6°C | 13.4°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13°C | 1°C | 6.9°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6°C | −3°C | 1.2°C | 61 mm | 18 cm |
| December | 0°C | −9°C | −4.4°C | 55 mm | 44 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00208417; 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 Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00208417.
When is the last frost at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
In Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 7 in half of years and after June 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 14 in half of years and before August 24 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 71 year in 10 after June 29; 9 in 10 after May 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 141 year in 10 before August 24; 9 in 10 before September 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 95 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 126 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 24 in half of springs and before September 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) in zone 5a in ZIP code 49795, 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 4b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −24°F (24 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Michigan · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00208417; 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 Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
In a normal year in Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE), 8 days a year reach 90°F, 200 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 145 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
- 200a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 73high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 145a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 29a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1913) is 108°F, on July 11, 1936; the lowest is −51°F, on February 9, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1921, with 40.09 in; the snowiest season is 1970–71, with 194.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00208417; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00208417. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE), 3.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (48%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 51% | 1.2 |
| February | 58% | 2.0 |
| March | 67% | 3.4 |
| April | 68% | 4.6 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 74% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 78% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 3.9 |
| October | 61% | 2.3 |
| November | 53% | 1.3 |
| December | 48% | 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 Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) record?
A normal year at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) brings 8,694 heating degree days, 62% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 254 cooling degree days, 72% 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 1,737 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,494 | 0 |
| February | 1,343 | 0 |
| March | 1,211 | 0 |
| April | 788 | 1 |
| May | 410 | 18 |
| June | 153 | 56 |
| July | 73 | 92 |
| August | 96 | 67 |
| September | 288 | 20 |
| October | 638 | 2 |
| November | 929 | 0 |
| December | 1,273 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,694 | 254 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00208417. 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 Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 46.0°F, 4.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 41.7°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42.1°F | +0.4°F | 33.05 | 92.2 |
| 2024 | 46.0°F | +4.3°F | 38.79 | 65.7 |
Over 76 complete years from 1914 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00208417; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)'s climate compare?
Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) is warmer than 11 of the 140 places with their own NOAA record in Michigan, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 41.7°F is warmer than 9%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) 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 Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) 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.
- Canada Creek Ranch, MI328 people · 11 mi E
- Wolverine, MI281 people · 11 mi NW
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 Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
January, with a normal high of 26°F and a normal low of 8°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 51°F at night).
Does it snow at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
Yes: 84 inches in a normal year, falling on 60 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (25.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
October, with 3.52 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.49 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE) in zone 5a in ZIP code 49795, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −24°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 4b.
How late can frost come at Vanderbilt (11 mi ENE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 7; in one year in ten it comes after June 29. Waiting until June 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Michigan climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Gaylord, MI17 miles from this station, 42.7°F a year
- Atlanta, MI19 miles from this station, 43.4°F a year
- Onaway, MI20 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Boyne Falls, MI23 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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