What is the hottest month in Vanderbilt?

July is the warmest month in Vanderbilt, with an average high of 77.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Vanderbilt?

February is the coldest month in Vanderbilt, with an average low of 7.2°F.

What month does Vanderbilt get the most rain?

October is typically the wettest month in Vanderbilt, with about 4.08 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Vanderbilt in?

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

Vanderbilt, MI

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Vanderbilt has an annual average temperature of 41.5°F with about 36.9 inches of precipitation per year and 140.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 77.3°F), and the coldest is February (average low 7.2°F). October is typically the wettest month (4.08 in) and February the driest (2.01 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

3 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

50.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

8,505

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

24 of 366 (6.6%) of Vanderbilt'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		9
1900s		27
1910s		43
1920s		29
1930s		0
1940s		0
1950s		56
1960s		26
1970s		40
1980s		35
1990s		27
2000s		28
2010s		35
2020s		11

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	23.5°F	8.4°F	15.9°F	2.83 in	37.4 in	17
February	25.6°F	7.2°F	16.4°F	2.01 in	26.4 in	13
March	36.6°F	15.4°F	26.0°F	2.16 in	14.9 in	11
April	50.0°F	27.3°F	38.7°F	2.92 in	8.0 in	11
May	64.0°F	40.1°F	52.1°F	3.22 in	0.5 in	11
June	73.4°F	50.5°F	61.9°F	3.16 in	—	9
July	77.3°F	54.8°F	66.0°F	3.09 in	—	10
August	75.2°F	53.3°F	64.3°F	3.40 in	—	10
September	67.6°F	46.2°F	56.9°F	3.74 in	—	11
October	53.9°F	34.8°F	44.4°F	4.08 in	2.5 in	14
November	39.8°F	24.9°F	32.3°F	3.36 in	19.2 in	14
December	29.0°F	16.1°F	22.6°F	2.96 in	31.4 in	17