United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Drayton Plains.

September leads for comfortable weather in Drayton Plains: typically 23.1°C by day, 12°C at night, with 76 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember

Typical high23.1°C

Typical low12°C

Rain in September76 mm

Comfort

September

September · June · August

82climate match

Beach

July

July · August · June

74climate match

Outdoors

May

May · September · October

77climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 82 — days reach only -0.8°C, 25° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

5-0.8° / -8.5°

Feb

50.7° / -7.9°

Mar

56.6° / -3.3°

Apr

3514.1° / 2.7°

May

6220.6° / 8.9°

Jun

8125.8° / 14.4°

Jul

7328.2° / 17°

Aug

8026.9° / 16.3°

Sep

8223.1° / 12°

Oct

4615.6° / 5.7°

Nov

178.6° / 0.3°

Dec

51.8° / -4.9°

Monthly climate evidence for Drayton Plains — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 42 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	-0.8°C	-8.5°C	39 mm	6.6	1.1°C	9 h 22	5	Good coverage
February	0.7°C	-7.9°C	31 mm	5.2	0.4°C	10 h 28	5	Good coverage
March	6.6°C	-3.3°C	46 mm	7.2	1.3°C	11 h 48	5	Good coverage
April	14.1°C	2.7°C	69 mm	8.6	5.0°C	13 h 19	35	Good coverage
May	20.6°C	8.9°C	100 mm	10.3	11.2°C	14 h 36	62	Good coverage
June	25.8°C	14.4°C	80 mm	9	17.7°C	15 h 18	81	Good coverage
July	28.2°C	17°C	74 mm	8	22.1°C	15 h 01	73	Good coverage
August	26.9°C	16.3°C	65 mm	7	22.9°C	13 h 55	80	Good coverage
September	23.1°C	12°C	76 mm	7.7	20.1°C	12 h 26	82	Good coverage
October	15.6°C	5.7°C	66 mm	8.5	14.0°C	10 h 58	46	Good coverage
November	8.6°C	0.3°C	50 mm	7	8.4°C	9 h 41	17	Good coverage
December	1.8°C	-4.9°C	42 mm	6.2	4.1°C	9 h 03	5	Good coverage

Records at PONTIAC OAKLAND CO INTL AP, 1998–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	16.1°C7 Jan 2008	-26.6°C6 Jan 2014	57 mm11 Jan 2020	85 mm2006 · driest 4 mm in 2022	28
February	22.2°C27 Feb 2024	-28.2°C20 Feb 2015	41 mm20 Feb 2018	78 mm2001 · driest 5 mm in 2015	28
March	28.9°C22 Mar 2012	-22.2°C3 Mar 2003	37 mm7 Mar 2009	89 mm2009 · driest 8 mm in 1999	28
April	29.4°C18 Apr 2004	-8.2°C5 Apr 2016	47 mm4 Apr 2003	150 mm2013 · driest 6 mm in 2004	28
May	33.9°C28 May 2018	-2.1°C13 May 2020	39 mm25 May 2011	184 mm2004 · driest 19 mm in 2023	28
June	37.2°C28 Jun 2012	4.4°C1 Jun 2003	52 mm19 Jun 2009	138 mm2013 · driest 26 mm in 2012	28
July	37.8°C4 Jul 2012	6.7°C6 Jul 2001	61 mm28 Jul 2011	132 mm2011 · driest 16 mm in 2001	28
August	36.7°C8 Aug 2001	7.2°C30 Aug 2025	89 mm24 Aug 2023	187 mm2023 · driest 5 mm in 1998	28
September	35.0°C2 Sep 2011	1.7°C19 Sep 2020	78 mm13 Sep 2008	209 mm2008 · driest 8 mm in 2017	28
October	31.3°C4 Oct 2025	-4.3°C30 Oct 2008	51 mm16 Oct 2001	182 mm2001 · driest 0 mm in 2025	28
November	24.4°C1 Nov 2016	-13.8°C13 Nov 2019	32 mm18 Nov 2017	97 mm2005 · driest 14 mm in 2022	28
December	18.9°C5 Dec 2001	-23.2°C28 Dec 2017	33 mm28 Dec 2025	87 mm2006 · driest 10 mm in 2017	28

Typical days per month at PONTIAC OAKLAND CO INTL AP, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)	Snow days
January	0	0	28	1	5
February	0	0	26	<1	4
March	<1	0	24	2	2
April	2	0	10	2	<1
May	8	2	<1	4	0
June	18	6	0	3	0
July	26	11	0	2	0
August	23	6	0	2	0
September	11	3	0	3	0
October	2	<1	4	2	0
November	0	0	16	2	1
December	0	0	27	1	4

How often, not how much — every day in PONTIAC OAKLAND CO INTL AP’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	0%	21%	3%	19%	-3.9–2.3°C
February	<1%	18%	2%	13%	-2.9–3.7°C
March	4%	24%	5%	25%	3.7–11.1°C
April	15%	30%	7%	35%	12.0–16.3°C
May	39%	32%	11%	41%	18.3–22.9°C
June	65%	31%	10%	34%	24.2–27.6°C
July	73%	26%	7%	30%	25.7–30.3°C
August	75%	24%	7%	21%	25.3–28.5°C
September	60%	25%	8%	27%	21.1–25.3°C
October	21%	28%	7%	31%	14.1–18.0°C
November	3%	23%	5%	22%	5.7–11.9°C
December	0%	21%	4%	19%	-1.1–5.5°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1999Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 27-year average. Warmest: 2024. Coolest: 2014.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 4991167
NOAA station: USW00094817 · PONTIAC OAKLAND CO INTL AP
Station distance: 3.6 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 22 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 42.68°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 42 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from PONTIAC OAKLAND CO INTL AP is what differs

Waterford→West Bloomfield Township→Wolverine Lake→Orchard Lake→Clintonville→Commerce→

Or put two places side by side: Drayton Plains vs Waterford

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The whole year,without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Drayton Plains.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,
and named.