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Gwinn, Michigan Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ki Sawyer Wwtp, 7.7 km from Gwinn

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 78°F; the coldest is February, with an average low of 8°F. A normal year brings 32.7 in of precipitation and 196.8 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Gwinn/Sawyer Afb (SAW), since 2015. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Gwinn through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
65°F
Normal low
44°F
Record high
85°Fin 2017
Record low
34°Fin 2022
Daylight
12 h 04 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
January25°F10°F42°F (2016)-20°F (2026)1.79 in42.1 in30.21,4830
February28°F8°F56°F (2024)-22°F (2019)1.37 in36.8 in27.61,3210
March36°F18°F62°F (2024)-16°F (2019)1.75 in29.4 in28.81,1810
April48°F29°F78°F (2023)4°F (2016)2.54 in17.6 in22.57960
May63°F41°F87°F (2020)25°F (2026)3.14 in1.4 in5.04025
June73°F51°F94°F (2025)32°F (2015)3.24 in0.0 in0.313039
July78°F56°F97°F (2026)40°F (2016)3.25 in0.0 in0.049115
August76°F54°F92°F (2025)35°F (2017)2.85 in0.0 in0.07172
September68°F46°F90°F (2023)32°F (2022)4.02 in0.1 in0.026115
October53°F35°F82°F (2025)20°F (2020)4.05 in5.3 in11.56450
November39°F26°F70°F (2020)7°F (2019)2.53 in24.2 in22.59680
December29°F16°F50°F (2017)-13°F (2017)2.13 in39.9 in29.81,3080
Year51°F33°F32.66 in196.8 in1788,615245

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.

32.7 in in a normal year, most in October.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Gwinn, 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 Marquette, 29 km away; Ki Sawyer Wwtp keeps no snowfall normals.

196.8 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Ki Sawyer Wwtp. 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 13 and the first fall freeze around October 2, a growing season of about 141 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 28, first September 19
Median at 32°F
last May 13, first October 2
Median at 28°F
last May 1, first October 14

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

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

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January16°F96%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February16°F94%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March23°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April30°F79%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May41°F78%94%4%1%0%0%0%
June51°F81%75%16%8%1%0%0%
July56°F80%39%32%21%6%1%0%
August57°F79%38%34%22%7%0%0%
September51°F79%71%18%9%2%0%0%
October40°F81%97%2%1%0%0%0%
November29°F85%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December21°F93%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 August, with the sky 65 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is November, at 80 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 10.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 15 h 48 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 8 h 36 min.

Hours of daylight at Gwinn through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

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 Marquette 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 Marquette County: 64.1°F (+0.2 °F against 1991-2020), the 37th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Marquette County: 1.50 in (-1.40 in against 1991-2020), the 13th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Marquette County: 42.4°F (+0.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 25th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Marquette County: 22.91 in (+2.00 in against 1991-2020), the 34th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
68.9°F in 1947
Coolest August
56.0°F in 1912
Wettest August
7.75 in in 1988
Driest August
0.73 in in 1927

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Marquette 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 Gwinn 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 2015. 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 USC00204425 (Ki Sawyer Wwtp), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00204425, 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.