Bear Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bear Lake, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Grayling, 21 km from Bear Lake; records cover 1891–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.2 in844 mm
- Snow a year
- 88 in224 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 25
- First fall freeze
- Sep 21
- Heating degree days
- 8,227
- Cooling degree days
- 353
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bear Lake in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 26 in66 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1973)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1461
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bear Lake in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 9°−13°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2024)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 1296
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bear Lake in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1150
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bear Lake in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1980)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 727
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Bear Lake in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 41°5°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1895)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 368
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Bear Lake in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 51°10°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1934)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 113
- Cooling degree days
- 74
Bear Lake in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 55°13°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1936)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 128
Bear Lake in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 53°12°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1991)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 66
- Cooling degree days
- 95
Bear Lake in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 45°7°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1933)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 240
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Bear Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°2°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1897)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 592
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Bear Lake in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1950)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 916
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bear Lake in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 18°−8°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2001)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1252
- Cooling degree days
- 0