Tower weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tower, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Vanderbilt 11ene, 23 km from Tower; records cover 1913–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 32.4 in822 mm
- Snow a year
- 84 in213 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 4
- First fall freeze
- Sep 10
- Heating degree days
- 8,692
- Cooling degree days
- 255
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −20°−29° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tower in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 26 in66 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1944)
- Record low
- −40° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1494
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 6°−15°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 15 in39 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 1342
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 13°−10°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2012)
- Record low
- −39° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1210
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 26°−4°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1986)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 788
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Tower in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 38°3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1934)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 410
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Tower in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 47°8°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 153
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Tower in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 51°11°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 73
- Cooling degree days
- 92
Tower in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 50°10°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1947)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 96
- Cooling degree days
- 66
Tower in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 42°6°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 288
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Tower in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 33°1°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1947)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 638
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Tower in November
Highs average 42°6° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1944)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 928
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in December
Highs average 31°0° and lows 17°−9°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 18 in44 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2001)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1272
- Cooling degree days
- 0