United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Paw Paw Lake.

June leads for comfortable weather in Paw Paw Lake: typically 25.3°C by day, 13.5°C at night, with 75 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortJune
Typical high25.3°C
Typical low13.5°C
Rain in June75 mm
Comfort

June

June · September · August

82climate match
Beach

July

July · August · June

70climate match
Outdoors

May

May · September · June

78climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against June’s 82days reach only 0.6°C, 23° 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
50.6° / -6.7°
Feb
52° / -5.9°
Mar
87.5° / -2.3°
Apr
3214.2° / 2.4°
May
6020.1° / 8.1°
Jun
8225.3° / 13.5°
Jul
7827.3° / 15.9°
Aug
7926.5° / 15.2°
Sep
8023.3° / 11.4°
Oct
4116.4° / 5.9°
Nov
189.4° / 1.2°
Dec
53.2° / -3.4°
Monthly climate evidence for Paw Paw Lake — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 20 km away
MonthDayNightRainWet daysSeaDaylightComfortCoverage
January0.6°C-6.7°C51 mm8.24.1°C9 h 255Good coverage
February2°C-5.9°C44 mm7.22.8°C10 h 305Good coverage
March7.5°C-2.3°C51 mm7.52.2°C11 h 488Good coverage
April14.2°C2.4°C85 mm10.13.7°C13 h 1832Good coverage
May20.1°C8.1°C96 mm10.27.2°C14 h 3360Good coverage
June25.3°C13.5°C75 mm8.514.2°C15 h 1582Good coverage
July27.3°C15.9°C75 mm720.6°C14 h 5878Good coverage
August26.5°C15.2°C93 mm7.522.1°C13 h 5379Good coverage
September23.3°C11.4°C81 mm7.919.9°C12 h 2680Good coverage
October16.4°C5.9°C111 mm10.614.8°C10 h 5941Good coverage
November9.4°C1.2°C65 mm8.39.7°C9 h 4418Good coverage
December3.2°C-3.4°C53 mm8.86.1°C9 h 065Good coverage
Records at BENTON HARBOR, 1996–2026
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January18.9°C7 Jan 2008-27.1°C20 Jan 200943 mm31 Jan 2025112 mm2005 · driest 11 mm in 200430
February22.8°C27 Feb 2024-23.9°C1 Feb 202656 mm20 Feb 2018118 mm2018 · driest 7 mm in 200330
March28.9°C21 Mar 2012-22.7°C3 Mar 201443 mm31 Mar 2023133 mm2023 · driest 11 mm in 201530
April30.6°C18 Apr 2002-9.4°C10 Apr 199754 mm18 Apr 2013170 mm2026 · driest 15 mm in 200530
May35.6°C28 May 2018-3.9°C4 May 200546 mm14 May 2018169 mm2020 · driest 20 mm in 202130
June35.6°C14 Jun 20220.0°C8 Jun 199864 mm26 Jun 2021200 mm2021 · driest 16 mm in 201230
July39.4°C30 Jul 19992.8°C11 Jul 199666 mm25 Jul 2007164 mm2023 · driest 14 mm in 200931
August36.7°C21 Aug 20035.6°C15 Aug 200477 mm30 Aug 2016311 mm2007 · driest 16 mm in 199930
September35.0°C4 Sep 19990.0°C30 Sep 2004121 mm13 Sep 2008341 mm2008 · driest 12 mm in 199930
October30.6°C3 Oct 2018-5.0°C29 Oct 2005116 mm14 Oct 2017317 mm2017 · driest 14 mm in 199930
November25.0°C9 Nov 2020-13.2°C22 Nov 200838 mm4 Nov 2004137 mm2004 · driest 11 mm in 201230
December21.7°C5 Dec 2001-21.1°C20 Dec 200445 mm27 Dec 2008105 mm2015 · driest 23 mm in 200330
Typical days per month at BENTON HARBOR, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Days 30°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)
January00272
February00241
March<10222
April2<1113
May8224
June175<13
July23803
August21503
September12303
October3<143
November00142
December00231
How often, not how much — every day in BENTON HARBOR’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January0%28%5%29%-1.8–3.4°C
February<1%25%4%25%-1.3–5.7°C
March5%26%6%32%4.9–11.6°C
April16%34%10%47%12.3–16.8°C
May39%31%11%38%17.5–23.2°C
June63%28%10%35%23.8–27.7°C
July76%23%8%22%25.0–29.3°C
August74%24%10%22%25.4–28.1°C
September61%26%8%34%21.6–25.2°C
October22%35%11%42%14.9–18.6°C
November4%28%7%34%5.9–12.8°C
December0%29%4%32%0.4–6.4°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.

1997Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 29-year average. Warmest: 2024. Coolest: 2014.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 5005128
NOAA station
USW00094871 · BENTON HARBOR
Station distance
15 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
22 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 42.21°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature
NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 20 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.

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