Hamlin, MI climate
Hamlin has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 79 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Hamlin feels like
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Hamlin 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 | 29° | 17° | 2.1" | 26.4" | 16 | 26 | 13° – 32° |
| February | 31° | 17° | 1.6" | 20.0" | 13 | 23 | 12° – 33° |
| March | 41° | 24° | 2.0" | 5.9" | 9 | 10 | 23° – 47° |
| April | 53° | 33° | 3.3" | 1.1" | 12 | 1 | 34° – 49° |
| May | 65° | 43° | 3.4" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 47° – 60° |
| June | 75° | 53° | 3.4" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 59° – 70° |
| July | 79° | 58° | 3.1" | 0 | 9 | 0 | 63° – 74° |
| August | 77° | 58° | 3.1" | 0 | 8 | 0 | 63° – 72° |
| September | 70° | 51° | 3.1" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 55° – 65° |
| October | 57° | 40° | 3.9" | 0.1" | 13 | 0 | 44° – 56° |
| November | 44° | 31° | 3.1" | 5.4" | 13 | 4 | 30° – 45° |
| December | 34° | 23° | 2.3" | 19.6" | 14 | 19 | 20° – 37° |
| Year | 55° | 37° | 34.3" | 78.5" | 137 | 82 |
“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 Hamlin
Hamlin gets 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year. October is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 137 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 82 days of the year.
About 144 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 17 and the first one by October 7. That leaves about 144 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 85% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Hamlin
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Hamlin, 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.
Hamlin and its neighbors
Hamlin borders 3 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 1.8°. Victory has both the coldest January nights (16°) and the hottest July afternoons (80°). Hamlin’s January low is 17° and its July high 79°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.