Swartz Creek, MI

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FLINT BISHOP INTL AP, MI US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Swartz Creek has an annual average temperature of 47.7°F with about 32 inches of precipitation per year and 52.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.0°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.68 in) and February the driest (1.68 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
3 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
47.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,609
Cooling need
363

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

76 of 366 (20.8%) of Swartz Creek'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
19
1950s
61
1960s
30
1970s
26
1980s
44
1990s
42
2000s
33
2010s
72
2020s
39

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 29.9°F 16.0°F 23.0°F 1.99 in 15.1 in 14
February 32.8°F 16.7°F 24.7°F 1.68 in 13.0 in 11
March 43.3°F 25.1°F 34.2°F 1.97 in 6.6 in 11
April 56.7°F 35.3°F 46.0°F 3.13 in 2.4 in 13
May 68.9°F 46.0°F 57.4°F 3.68 in 12
June 78.2°F 55.9°F 67.1°F 3.12 in 11
July 82.1°F 59.7°F 70.9°F 3.41 in 10
August 79.9°F 58.3°F 69.1°F 3.16 in 10
September 73.1°F 50.4°F 61.7°F 2.90 in 10
October 60.1°F 40.3°F 50.2°F 2.77 in 0.3 in 12
November 46.6°F 31.0°F 38.8°F 2.27 in 3.3 in 12
December 34.9°F 22.5°F 28.7°F 1.89 in 11.4 in 14

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