Escanaba weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Escanaba, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Rapid River 4sse, 18 km from Escanaba; records cover 2008–2025.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 31.3 in795 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 8,555
- Cooling degree days
- 218
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −15°−26° (heating, 99%) and 86°30° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Escanaba in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 7°−14°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 45°7° (2018)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 1525
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Escanaba in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 6°−14°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 50°10° (2009)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1342
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Escanaba in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 15°−9°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2012)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1190
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Escanaba in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 28°−2°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2023)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 780
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Escanaba in May
Highs average 63°17° and lows 41°5°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2010)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 408
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Escanaba in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2009)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 138
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Escanaba in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2012)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 40
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Escanaba in August
Highs average 76°24° and lows 55°13°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2024)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 59
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Escanaba in September
Highs average 68°20° and lows 48°9°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2023)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Escanaba in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 36°2°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2023)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 606
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Escanaba in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2020)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 932
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Escanaba in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2017)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1299
- Cooling degree days
- 0