Houghton Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Houghton Lake, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Houghton Lake Roscommon County Airport, 9 km from Houghton Lake; records cover 1913–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.6 in752 mm
- Snow a year
- 66 in167 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 18
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 7,898
- Cooling degree days
- 337
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −11°−24° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Houghton Lake in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 11°−11°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 16 in42 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1914)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1421
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Houghton Lake in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1252
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Houghton Lake in March
Highs average 40°5° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1093
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Houghton Lake in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1925)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 683
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Houghton Lake in May
Highs average 67°20° and lows 42°6°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1921)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 338
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Houghton Lake in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 51°11°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 102
- Cooling degree days
- 69
Houghton Lake in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 55°13°, with 2.7 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 41
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Houghton Lake in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 53°12°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1918)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 66
- Cooling degree days
- 91
Houghton Lake in September
Highs average 71°21° and lows 46°8°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1931)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 227
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Houghton Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 37°3°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1922)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 567
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Houghton Lake in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 28°−2°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1927)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 885
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Houghton Lake in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2001)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 1223
- Cooling degree days
- 0