What is the hottest month in Petoskey?

July is the warmest month in Petoskey, with an average high of 75.2°F.

What is the coldest month in Petoskey?

February is the coldest month in Petoskey, with an average low of 13.7°F.

What month does Petoskey get the most rain?

October is typically the wettest month in Petoskey, with about 4.50 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Petoskey in?

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

Has the climate in Petoskey changed recently?

8.5% of Petoskey'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.

Petoskey, MI

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Petoskey has an annual average temperature of 44.4°F with about 34.2 inches of precipitation per year and 123.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 75.2°F), and the coldest is February (average low 13.7°F). October is typically the wettest month (4.50 in) and February the driest (1.66 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

4 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

46.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,536

HDD/yr

Cooling need

120

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

31 of 366 (8.5%) of Petoskey'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		25
1900s		28
1910s		28
1920s		39
1930s		37
1940s		4
1950s		40
1960s		16
1970s		22
1980s		24
1990s		24
2000s		35
2010s		28
2020s		16

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	27.4°F	15.0°F	21.2°F	2.40 in	39.3 in	18
February	28.4°F	13.7°F	21.1°F	1.66 in	27.2 in	14
March	36.6°F	20.2°F	28.4°F	1.94 in	12.2 in	11
April	48.1°F	31.7°F	39.9°F	2.91 in	4.5 in	12
May	60.8°F	42.6°F	51.7°F	3.07 in	0.1 in	12
June	70.3°F	53.2°F	61.7°F	2.92 in	—	11
July	75.2°F	59.3°F	67.2°F	2.53 in	—	10
August	74.9°F	58.7°F	66.8°F	3.25 in	—	11
September	68.9°F	51.4°F	60.2°F	3.55 in	—	12
October	56.0°F	41.2°F	48.6°F	4.50 in	0.3 in	17
November	43.7°F	31.6°F	37.7°F	3.04 in	9.4 in	17
December	33.6°F	23.0°F	28.3°F	2.44 in	30.6 in	17