St. James weather by month
What a typical year looks like in St. James, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Beaver Island, 6 km from St. James; records cover 1905–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 0 in0 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 7,710
- Cooling degree days
- 274
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −4°−20° (heating, 99%) and 84°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
St. James in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 15°−9°, with — of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1914)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 1366
- Cooling degree days
- 0
St. James in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 14°−10°, with — of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2000)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 1224
- Cooling degree days
- 0
St. James in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 21°−6°, with — of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2012)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1110
- Cooling degree days
- 0
St. James in April
Highs average 49°10° and lows 31°0°, with — of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1990)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 742
- Cooling degree days
- 0
St. James in May
Highs average 63°17° and lows 42°6°, with — of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2022)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 398
- Cooling degree days
- 5
St. James in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 52°11°, with — of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1914)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 129
- Cooling degree days
- 36
St. James in July
Highs average 76°24° and lows 58°15°, with — of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 104
St. James in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 59°15°, with — of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 97
St. James in September
Highs average 68°20° and lows 52°11°, with — of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1999)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 180
- Cooling degree days
- 30
St. James in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 42°5°, with — of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1953)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 516
- Cooling degree days
- 2
St. James in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 32°0°, with — of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2020)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 825
- Cooling degree days
- 0
St. James in December
Highs average 33°0° and lows 23°−5°, with — of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1918)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1148
- Cooling degree days
- 0