What is the hottest month in East Tawas?

July is the warmest month in East Tawas, with an average high of 80.2°F.

What is the coldest month in East Tawas?

February is the coldest month in East Tawas, with an average low of 12.9°F.

What month does East Tawas get the most rain?

April is typically the wettest month in East Tawas, with about 3.42 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is East Tawas in?

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

Has the climate in East Tawas changed recently?

10.7% of East Tawas'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.

East Tawas, MI

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

East Tawas has an annual average temperature of 45.6°F with about 32.3 inches of precipitation per year and 49.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 80.2°F), and the coldest is February (average low 12.9°F). April is typically the wettest month (3.42 in) and February the driest (1.82 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

47.7°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,209

HDD/yr

Cooling need

210

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

39 of 366 (10.7%) of East Tawas'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.

1890s		2
1900s		25
1910s		15
1920s		30
1930s		33
1940s		41
1950s		33
1960s		31
1970s		15
1980s		22
1990s		39
2000s		27
2010s		31
2020s		22

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	29.7°F	13.3°F	21.5°F	2.08 in	14.3 in	12
February	32.3°F	12.9°F	22.6°F	1.82 in	12.4 in	9
March	40.8°F	21.0°F	30.9°F	1.90 in	7.2 in	9
April	52.2°F	32.2°F	42.2°F	3.42 in	2.9 in	10
May	64.9°F	43.8°F	54.4°F	3.24 in	—	12
June	75.2°F	53.3°F	64.2°F	3.29 in	—	11
July	80.2°F	58.1°F	69.2°F	3.10 in	—	10
August	78.8°F	56.7°F	67.8°F	2.95 in	—	9
September	71.7°F	49.1°F	60.4°F	2.92 in	—	10
October	58.8°F	38.1°F	48.4°F	2.95 in	0.1 in	12
November	45.5°F	29.1°F	37.3°F	2.53 in	2.6 in	11
December	35.0°F	20.5°F	27.8°F	2.07 in	9.7 in	11