What is the hottest month in Central Lake?

July is the warmest month in Central Lake, with an average high of 82.6°F.

What is the coldest month in Central Lake?

February is the coldest month in Central Lake, with an average low of 14.2°F.

What month does Central Lake get the most rain?

October is typically the wettest month in Central Lake, with about 4.37 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Central Lake in?

Central Lake is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Central Lake changed recently?

10.9% of Central Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Central Lake, MI

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from E JORDAN, MI US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Central Lake has an annual average temperature of 46.3°F with about 32.8 inches of precipitation per year and 122.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.6°F), and the coldest is February (average low 14.2°F). October is typically the wettest month (4.37 in) and February the driest (1.34 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

46.2°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,906

HDD/yr

Cooling need

189

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

40 of 366 (10.9%) of Central Lake's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1920s		7
1930s		46
1940s		45
1950s		30
1960s		10
1970s		22
1980s		27
1990s		49
2000s		54
2010s		55
2020s		21

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	30.4°F	15.1°F	22.7°F	2.04 in	37.4 in	17
February	32.9°F	14.2°F	23.6°F	1.34 in	23.1 in	12
March	42.9°F	21.1°F	32.0°F	1.54 in	11.0 in	10
April	56.0°F	31.2°F	43.6°F	2.52 in	4.6 in	11
May	70.0°F	41.4°F	55.7°F	2.98 in	—	12
June	79.2°F	50.8°F	65.0°F	3.15 in	—	10
July	82.6°F	55.2°F	68.9°F	2.90 in	—	10
August	80.9°F	53.8°F	67.4°F	3.26 in	—	10
September	73.7°F	47.5°F	60.6°F	3.74 in	—	11
October	60.3°F	38.4°F	49.4°F	4.37 in	0.7 in	15
November	46.5°F	30.3°F	38.4°F	2.76 in	10.0 in	15
December	35.4°F	22.3°F	28.8°F	2.24 in	35.4 in	16