Manistee Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Manistee Lake, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kalkaska, 13 km from Manistee Lake; records cover 1974–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.7 in855 mm
- Snow a year
- 132 in336 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 25
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 8,289
- Cooling degree days
- 317
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −13°−25° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Manistee Lake in January
Highs average 26°−4° and lows 11°−12°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 38 in97 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2013)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1455
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Manistee Lake in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 25 in63 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2024)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1295
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Manistee Lake in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1168
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Manistee Lake in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2002)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 745
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Manistee Lake in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 41°5°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2022)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 387
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Manistee Lake in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°11°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1994)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 127
- Cooling degree days
- 68
Manistee Lake in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 55°13°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2018)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 57
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Manistee Lake in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 74
- Cooling degree days
- 83
Manistee Lake in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2017)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 238
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Manistee Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 37°3°, with 4.2 in105 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2025)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 585
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Manistee Lake in November
Highs average 42°6° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2020)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 910
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Manistee Lake in December
Highs average 31°0° and lows 18°−8°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 30 in75 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2001)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 1248
- Cooling degree days
- 0