Eau Claire weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Eau Claire, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Benton Harbor Airport, 18 km from Eau Claire; records cover 1887–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 38.2 in969 mm
- Snow a year
- 78 in197 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 14
- Heating degree days
- 6,159
- Cooling degree days
- 769
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Eau Claire in January
Highs average 33°1° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation and 30 in75 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1950)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1198
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eau Claire in February
Highs average 36°2° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2024)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 1023
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eau Claire in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 28°−2°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2012)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 863
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Eau Claire in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 37°3°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1899)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 514
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Eau Claire in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 250
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Eau Claire in June
Highs average 80°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 57
- Cooling degree days
- 148
Eau Claire in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2002)
- Record low
- 37°3° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 250
Eau Claire in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2003)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 204
Eau Claire in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 107
- Cooling degree days
- 94
Eau Claire in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 44°7°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1922)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 372
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Eau Claire in November
Highs average 49°10° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1950)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 702
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eau Claire in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 17 in42 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1970)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0