What is the hottest month in West Branch?

July is the warmest month in West Branch, with an average high of 80.3°F.

What is the coldest month in West Branch?

February is the coldest month in West Branch, with an average low of 10.1°F.

What month does West Branch get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in West Branch, with about 3.53 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is West Branch in?

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

Has the climate in West Branch changed recently?

10.9% of West Branch'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.

West Branch, MI

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from W BRANCH 3SE, MI US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

West Branch has an annual average temperature of 44.3°F with about 33.6 inches of precipitation per year and 53 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 80.3°F), and the coldest is February (average low 10.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.53 in) and February the driest (1.61 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

49.4°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,605

HDD/yr

Cooling need

144

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

40 of 366 (10.9%) of West Branch'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.

1900s		3
1910s		39
1920s		41
1930s		46
1940s		31
1950s		30
1960s		14
1970s		15
1980s		31
1990s		36
2000s		27
2010s		29
2020s		24

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	10.4°F	18.9°F	2.05 in	14.7 in	13
February	30.4°F	10.1°F	20.3°F	1.61 in	11.7 in	10
March	40.9°F	18.9°F	29.9°F	1.83 in	6.9 in	9
April	53.7°F	30.3°F	42.0°F	3.40 in	2.9 in	11
May	67.0°F	42.2°F	54.6°F	3.48 in	0.1 in	12
June	76.3°F	52.2°F	64.2°F	3.53 in	—	11
July	80.3°F	56.4°F	68.3°F	3.48 in	—	11
August	78.5°F	54.5°F	66.5°F	3.44 in	—	11
September	71.4°F	46.4°F	58.9°F	2.73 in	—	11
October	57.8°F	36.0°F	46.9°F	3.31 in	0.3 in	13
November	43.6°F	26.9°F	35.3°F	2.55 in	3.8 in	12
December	32.7°F	18.2°F	25.5°F	2.15 in	12.6 in	13