Big Creek, MI climate
Big Creek has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 11°, and about 57 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Big Creek feels like
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Big Creek weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 11° | 1.8" | 14.4" | 15 | 29 | 7° – 29° |
| February | 30° | 11° | 1.5" | 12.7" | 12 | 28 | 5° – 30° |
| March | 40° | 19° | 1.7" | 7.7" | 10 | 23 | 19° – 43° |
| April | 53° | 30° | 3.0" | 3.8" | 13 | 6 | 33° – 48° |
| May | 67° | 41° | 3.2" | 0.2" | 12 | 0 | 46° – 60° |
| June | 76° | 51° | 3.4" | 0 | 12 | 0 | 60° – 69° |
| July | 80° | 55° | 3.1" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 61° – 72° |
| August | 78° | 54° | 3.2" | 0 | 12 | 0 | 61° – 70° |
| September | 71° | 46° | 3.0" | 0 | 13 | 0 | 52° – 63° |
| October | 57° | 37° | 3.3" | 0.2" | 17 | 0 | 43° – 53° |
| November | 43° | 28° | 2.4" | 3.6" | 14 | 6 | 28° – 42° |
| December | 32° | 19° | 2.1" | 14.4" | 15 | 20 | 15° – 35° |
| Year | 54° | 33° | 31.7" | 57.0" | 155 | 112 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in Big Creek
Big Creek gets 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year. June is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 155 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 112 days of the year.
About 133 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 20 and the first one by October 1. That leaves about 133 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 93% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Big Creek
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Big Creek, 95% of that work is heating and 5% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Big Creek and its neighbors
Big Creek borders 5 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.6°. Elmer has the coldest January nights (10°) and South Branch the hottest July afternoons (80°). Big Creek’s January low is 11° and its July high 80°.