Manistee weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Manistee, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Manistee 3se, 5 km from Manistee; records cover 1888–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 36.3 in923 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 6,848
- Cooling degree days
- 494
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Manistee in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1916)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1258
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Manistee in February
Highs average 33°0° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2024)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1096
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Manistee in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 971
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Manistee in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 35°2°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1970)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 609
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Manistee in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1911)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 306
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Manistee in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 88
- Cooling degree days
- 89
Manistee in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1911)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 167
Manistee in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 59°15°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1947)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 141
Manistee in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 52°11°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1953)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 145
- Cooling degree days
- 61
Manistee in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 42°6°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1947)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 452
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Manistee in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 33°1°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1930)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 764
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Manistee in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 24°−4°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2001)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1093
- Cooling degree days
- 0