Horton Bay weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Horton Bay, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Petoskey, 13 km from Horton Bay; records cover 1891–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 34.2 in869 mm
- Snow a year
- 124 in314 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 17
- Heating degree days
- 7,787
- Cooling degree days
- 316
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Horton Bay in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 15°−9°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 39 in100 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1996)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 1358
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Horton Bay in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 27 in69 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2024)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 1230
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Horton Bay in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 1135
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Horton Bay in April
Highs average 48°9° and lows 32°0°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1899)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 753
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Horton Bay in May
Highs average 61°16° and lows 43°6°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1934)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 421
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Horton Bay in June
Highs average 70°21° and lows 53°12°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1906)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 146
- Cooling degree days
- 49
Horton Bay in July
Highs average 75°24° and lows 59°15°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1917)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Horton Bay in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 59°15°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1955)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 101
Horton Bay in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 51°11°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1897)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 184
- Cooling degree days
- 38
Horton Bay in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 41°5°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2005)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 512
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Horton Bay in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 32°0°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1938)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 820
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Horton Bay in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 31 in78 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2001)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1138
- Cooling degree days
- 0