September
September · June · August
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Michigan Center: typically 23°C by day, 10.7°C at night, with 76 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · June · August
July · August · June
May · September · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 79 — days reach only -0.5°C, 24° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.5°C | -8.3°C | 42 mm | 7.7 | 9 h 24 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 1.2°C | -7.6°C | 39 mm | 6.3 | 10 h 30 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 7.3°C | -3.2°C | 49 mm | 7.5 | 11 h 48 | 6 | Strong coverage |
| April | 14.6°C | 2.6°C | 76 mm | 9.5 | 13 h 18 | 35 | Strong coverage |
| May | 20.9°C | 8.5°C | 88 mm | 9.9 | 14 h 33 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| June | 25.9°C | 13.7°C | 91 mm | 8.6 | 15 h 15 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| July | 27.9°C | 15.7°C | 83 mm | 7.9 | 14 h 58 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| August | 26.7°C | 15°C | 96 mm | 7.8 | 13 h 53 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| September | 23°C | 10.7°C | 76 mm | 7.9 | 12 h 26 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 74 mm | 9.1 | 10 h 59 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| November | 8.6°C | -0.2°C | 59 mm | 8 | 9 h 44 | 14 | Strong coverage |
| December | 2.2°C | -4.9°C | 45 mm | 7.6 | 9 h 06 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.7°C7 Jan 2008 | -28.9°C18 Jan 1976 | 51 mm11 Jan 2020 | 94 mm2006 · driest 8 mm in 2022 | 78 |
| February | 22.8°C27 Feb 2024 | -28.2°C20 Feb 2015 | 67 mm20 Feb 2018 | 112 mm1954 · driest 1 mm in 1987 | 78 |
| March | 29.4°C21 Mar 2012 | -21.7°C9 Mar 1978 | 66 mm8 Mar 1982 | 151 mm1982 · driest 8 mm in 1981 | 78 |
| April | 31.1°C22 Apr 1980 | -16.1°C7 Apr 1982 | 63 mm20 Apr 2000 | 188 mm2026 · driest 9 mm in 2004 | 78 |
| May | 35.0°C28 May 2018 | -6.1°C10 May 1966 | 78 mm18 May 2000 | 189 mm2018 · driest 9 mm in 1950 | 79 |
| June | 38.3°C27 Jun 1971 | 0.6°C1 Jun 2025 | 78 mm17 Jun 2024 | 193 mm2024 · driest 12 mm in 1984 | 79 |
| July | 39.4°C15 Jul 1977 | 2.8°C2 Jul 2001 | 73 mm7 Jul 2016 | 183 mm2024 · driest 16 mm in 1974 | 79 |
| August | 38.9°C2 Aug 1964 | 2.8°C29 Aug 1965 | 91 mm16 Aug 2016 | 242 mm2016 · driest 6 mm in 1976 | 78 |
| September | 37.8°C8 Sep 1978 | -2.8°C28 Sep 1991 | 77 mm1 Sep 2018 | 236 mm2008 · driest 10 mm in 1956 | 78 |
| October | 32.2°C4 Oct 1951 | -8.9°C27 Oct 1976 | 84 mm14 Oct 2017 | 194 mm2017 · driest 4 mm in 2005 | 78 |
| November | 26.1°C1 Nov 1950 | -20.6°C26 Nov 1949 | 68 mm7 Nov 1996 | 141 mm1988 · driest 11 mm in 2012 | 78 |
| December | 20.6°C5 Dec 2001 | -25.6°C24 Dec 1983 | 52 mm29 Dec 1990 | 109 mm1965 · driest 9 mm in 1960 | 78 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 28 | <1 | 12 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| April | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| May | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 11 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 2 | <1 | 6 | 3 | <1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 7 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was June (scoring 84); on 2011–2025 it is September (89). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 24% | 3% | 24% | -4.4–2.3°C |
| February | 0% | 23% | 4% | 24% | -2.4–4.2°C |
| March | 4% | 27% | 5% | 32% | 3.5–10.4°C |
| April | 16% | 32% | 8% | 40% | 11.7–16.7°C |
| May | 43% | 29% | 9% | 34% | 18.3–23.4°C |
| June | 67% | 28% | 10% | 31% | 24.2–27.7°C |
| July | 74% | 26% | 10% | 27% | 26.4–29.8°C |
| August | 75% | 24% | 9% | 22% | 25.4–28.8°C |
| September | 57% | 25% | 8% | 28% | 21.3–25.1°C |
| October | 23% | 25% | 6% | 29% | 13.9–18.6°C |
| November | 3% | 28% | 6% | 32% | 4.8–11.6°C |
| December | 0% | 27% | 5% | 30% | -1.6–4.7°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.
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