Gaylord weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Gaylord, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Boyne Falls, 25 km from Gaylord; records cover 1961–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 36.2 in920 mm
- Snow a year
- 112 in284 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 7,283
- Cooling degree days
- 602
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −10°−23° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Gaylord in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 14°−10°, with 2.7 in67 mm of precipitation and 32 in81 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1996)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 1356
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gaylord in February
Highs average 32°0° and lows 13°−10°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 20 in52 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2024)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 1191
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gaylord in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2012)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Gaylord in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 32°0°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1980)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 643
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Gaylord in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 43°6°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2022)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 296
- Cooling degree days
- 38
Gaylord in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 53°12°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2018)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 117
Gaylord in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 58°15°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2018)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 200
Gaylord in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 57°14°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2006)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 165
Gaylord in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 50°10°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2017)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 156
- Cooling degree days
- 69
Gaylord in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 40°4°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2007)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 487
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Gaylord in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2020)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 827
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gaylord in December
Highs average 33°1° and lows 22°−6°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 31 in79 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2001)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1164
- Cooling degree days
- 0