Traverse City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Traverse City, Michigan: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at TRAVERSE CITY CHERRY CAPITAL AP, 3 km from Traverse City; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.1 in740 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 17
- First fall freeze
- Oct 9
- Heating degree days
- 7,104
- Cooling degree days
- 535
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −3°−19° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Traverse City in January
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1944)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1297
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Traverse City in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 16°−9°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2024)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 1152
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Traverse City in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2012)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1018
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Traverse City in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°0°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1970)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 651
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Traverse City in May
Highs average 67°20° and lows 43°6°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2022)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 327
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Traverse City in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 83
- Cooling degree days
- 101
Traverse City in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 186
Traverse City in August
Highs average 80°26° and lows 59°15°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1917)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 153
Traverse City in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 52°11°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1931)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 153
- Cooling degree days
- 58
Traverse City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 41°5°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1922)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 475
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Traverse City in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 32°0°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1896)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 789
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Traverse City in December
Highs average 35°1° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2021)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1114
- Cooling degree days
- 0