Traverse City, MI
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TRAVERSE CITY CHERRY CPTL AP, MI US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Traverse City has an annual average temperature of 46.9°F with about 29.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 81.3°F), and the coldest is February (average low 16.3°F). October is typically the wettest month (3.60 in) and February the driest (1.02 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →56 of 366 (15.3%) of Traverse City'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 | 17 | |
| 1900s | 23 | |
| 1910s | 22 | |
| 1920s | 21 | |
| 1930s | 47 | |
| 1940s | 35 | |
| 1950s | 24 | |
| 1960s | 17 | |
| 1970s | 19 | |
| 1980s | 20 | |
| 1990s | 17 | |
| 2000s | 27 | |
| 2010s | 42 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
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 | 29.3°F | 17.0°F | 23.1°F | 1.67 in | — | 14 |
| February | 31.4°F | 16.3°F | 23.8°F | 1.02 in | — | 11 |
| March | 41.2°F | 23.2°F | 32.2°F | 1.55 in | — | 10 |
| April | 53.9°F | 32.8°F | 43.4°F | 2.79 in | — | 11 |
| May | 67.2°F | 43.4°F | 55.3°F | 2.84 in | — | 12 |
| June | 77.1°F | 54.1°F | 65.6°F | 2.57 in | — | 11 |
| July | 81.3°F | 59.4°F | 70.3°F | 2.71 in | — | 10 |
| August | 79.6°F | 58.7°F | 69.2°F | 2.98 in | — | 10 |
| September | 72.1°F | 51.6°F | 61.9°F | 3.37 in | — | 13 |
| October | 58.7°F | 41.1°F | 49.9°F | 3.60 in | — | 16 |
| November | 45.5°F | 31.9°F | 38.7°F | 2.23 in | — | 14 |
| December | 34.6°F | 23.5°F | 29.1°F | 1.79 in | — | 15 |
Climate twins of Traverse City
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