Big Rapids weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Big Rapids, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Big Rapids Water Treatment Plant, 1 km from Big Rapids; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 37.9 in963 mm
- Snow a year
- 61 in156 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 7,620
- Cooling degree days
- 403
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Big Rapids in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 13°−11°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 18 in45 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1944)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1381
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Rapids in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 12°−11°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1210
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Rapids in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1057
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Rapids in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 4 in100 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 666
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Big Rapids in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 43°6°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2006)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1900)
- Heating degree days
- 319
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Big Rapids in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1971)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 83
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Big Rapids in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1916)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 155
Big Rapids in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 55°13°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 107
Big Rapids in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 47°8°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1913)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 203
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Big Rapids in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°15° and lows 36°2°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1947)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 554
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Big Rapids in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1950)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 876
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Rapids in December
Highs average 33°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 14 in36 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2001)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0