Pleasant Ridge, MI

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DETROIT CITY AP, MI US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Pleasant Ridge has an annual average temperature of 50.5°F with about 29.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.8°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.49 in) and February the driest (1.41 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
48.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,871
Cooling need
645

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

61 of 366 (16.7%) of Pleasant Ridge'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.

1940s
17
1950s
63
1960s
49
1970s
31
1980s
44
1990s
55
2000s
27
2010s
43
2020s
37

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 32.4°F 19.8°F 26.1°F 1.45 in 10
February 35.0°F 21.0°F 28.0°F 1.41 in 9
March 44.9°F 28.4°F 36.6°F 2.02 in 10
April 57.6°F 38.6°F 48.1°F 2.82 in 12
May 69.5°F 49.8°F 59.7°F 3.49 in 14
June 79.2°F 60.2°F 69.7°F 3.10 in 10
July 83.5°F 64.9°F 74.2°F 3.22 in 10
August 81.4°F 63.7°F 72.5°F 3.10 in 10
September 74.3°F 55.8°F 65.1°F 3.09 in 9
October 61.4°F 44.7°F 53.0°F 2.30 in 11
November 48.2°F 34.4°F 41.3°F 2.16 in 10
December 37.2°F 25.8°F 31.5°F 1.73 in 11

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