Reed City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Reed City, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Big Rapids Water Treatment Plant, 19 km from Reed City; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 37.9 in963 mm
- Snow a year
- 61 in156 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 7,620
- Cooling degree days
- 403
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Reed City in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 13°−11°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 18 in45 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1944)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1381
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Reed City in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 12°−11°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1210
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Reed City in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1057
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Reed City in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 4 in100 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 666
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Reed City in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 43°6°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2006)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1900)
- Heating degree days
- 319
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Reed City in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1971)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 83
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Reed City in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1916)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 155
Reed City in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 55°13°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 107
Reed City in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 47°8°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1913)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 203
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Reed City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°15° and lows 36°2°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1947)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 554
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Reed City in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1950)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 876
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Reed City in December
Highs average 33°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 14 in36 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2001)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0