Michigan

Baraga, Michigan Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Herman, 15.2 km from Baraga

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 75°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 7°F. A normal year brings 38.3 in of precipitation and 207.8 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Hancock (CMX), since 1948. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Baraga through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
61°F
Normal low
43°F
Record high
89°Fin 2017
Record low
26°Fin 1950
Chance of a wet day
49%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January19°F7°F50°F (2006)-29°F (1951)2.21 in18.247.8 in30.91,6150
February23°F7°F60°F (2011)-30°F (1951)1.82 in13.735.0 in27.71,4000
March34°F14°F78°F (2012)-23°F (2003)2.28 in12.727.8 in29.11,2680
April47°F26°F88°F (1990)-4°F (2003)2.87 in12.616.4 in24.28540
May62°F39°F95°F (1969)20°F (1954)3.40 in13.22.2 in9.745412
June71°F49°F98°F (2022)28°F (2015)3.50 in12.40.0 in1.218737
July75°F54°F102°F (1988)37°F (1967)4.58 in13.10.0 in0.09771
August73°F52°F98°F (1948)34°F (1950)3.29 in12.30.0 in0.113049
September65°F46°F91°F (1971)24°F (2000)4.19 in14.40.2 in3.231116
October50°F35°F87°F (2025)13°F (1954)4.39 in16.48.0 in15.96931
November36°F23°F77°F (2020)-7°F (1951)3.00 in16.828.7 in26.31,0710
December24°F13°F64°F (1998)-16°F (2017)2.73 in17.941.7 in30.81,4380
Year48°F30°F38.26 in174207.8 in1999,518187

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

38.3 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Baraga, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Herman.

207.8 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Herman. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 31 and the first fall freeze around September 22, a growing season of about 115 days.

Median at 32°F
last May 31, first September 22
Median at 28°F
last May 14, first October 6

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Baraga.

The muggiest month is August, when 7 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January16°F94%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February17°F92%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March23°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April31°F78%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May41°F79%95%4%1%0%0%0%
June50°F83%76%16%6%1%0%0%
July56°F81%44%28%22%6%0%0%
August57°F78%35%35%23%7%0%0%
September51°F78%71%18%9%2%0%0%
October39°F79%98%2%0%0%0%0%
November29°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December21°F91%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is March, with the sky 72 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is June, at 84 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 12.3 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 15 h 52 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 8 h 32 min.

Hours of daylight at Baraga through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Baraga County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Baraga County: 63.1°F (-0.0 °F against 1991-2020), the 45th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Baraga County: 1.75 in (-1.24 in against 1991-2020), the 17th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Baraga County: 42.3°F (+1.2 °F against 1991-2020), the 19th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Baraga County: 23.89 in (+2.86 in against 1991-2020), the 34th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
69.5°F in 1947
Coolest August
55.3°F in 1915
Wettest August
8.23 in in 1988
Driest August
0.60 in in 1976

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Baraga County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-10-50+5+101900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Michigan climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Baraga in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1948. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00203744 (Herman), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014858, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.