Dowagiac weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dowagiac, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Dowagiac 1 W, 2 km from Dowagiac; records cover 1953–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.7 in1060 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 6,731
- Cooling degree days
- 582
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −4°−20° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dowagiac in January
Highs average 31°0° and lows 16°−9°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1967)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1282
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dowagiac in February
Highs average 34°1° and lows 18°−8°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2000)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 1095
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dowagiac in March
Highs average 44°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 937
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Dowagiac in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 560
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Dowagiac in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 47°8°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2018)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 263
- Cooling degree days
- 41
Dowagiac in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1953)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 58
- Cooling degree days
- 131
Dowagiac in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1999)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 194
Dowagiac in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°15°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 148
Dowagiac in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 51°10°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 147
- Cooling degree days
- 58
Dowagiac in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 40°4°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1971)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 462
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Dowagiac in November
Highs average 47°8° and lows 31°−1°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1975)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 780
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dowagiac in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2001)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1105
- Cooling degree days
- 0