Benzie County Area Climate Information

Never too hot, never too cold, but "just right!"

TEMPERATURE (data from the late 1990s)

               Average   Average 
               Minimum   Maximum   Mean
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      January:   16 F      29 F    22 F
      April:     34 F      54 F    44 F
      July:      59 F      80 F    70 F
      October:   42 F      59 F    51 F

      Winter:    17 F      31 F    24 F   
      Spring:    33 F      54 F    43 F   
      Summer:    55 F      78 F    67 F   
      Fall:      42 F      59 F    50 F   

      Annual     37 F      55 F    46 F
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  • Number of days where the minimum is below 0 F:
  • Number of days where the maximum is below 32 F: 57
  • Number of days where the minimum is below 32 F: 142
  • Number of days where the maximum is above 90 F: 6

    Growing Season: 159 days 


			
PRECIPITATION (RAINFALL) (data from the late 1990s)
			
    
				
  • Number of days per year with at least 1.0" of precipitation: 5
				
  • Number of days per year with at least 0.5" of precipitation: 18
				
  • Number of days per year with at least 0.1" of precipitation: 73
			



			

			
Average Annual Rainfall: 32 inches

			


			
ANNUAL SNOWFALL


			

			
See Annual Snowfall for Benzie County for a graph
			and more details about county's snowfall.

			

			As of spring 2021...
			
    
				
  • 10-year average – 123.4 inches (2010-2021)
				
  • 77-year average – 121.1 inches (1944-2021)
			

			
Total Annual Snowfall (as reported by the Benzie
			County Road Commission)


			

			

			

				

					
						

							

								
									
1966-1967    88.4"
1967-1968   128.8"
1968-1969    97.6"
1969-1970   131.2"
1970-1971   142.7"
1971-1972   143.4"
1972-1973    76.9"
1973-1974    33.5"
1974-1975   101.4"
1975-1976   144.9"
1976-1977   158.5"
1977-1978   147.7"
1978-1979   170.4"
1979-1980   114.8"
1980-1981   128.1"
1981-1982   123.4"
1982-1983    73.0"
1983-1984   115.2"
1984-1985   150.6"

										
								
									

										
								
									

										
								
									

										
								
									
1985-1986   141.3"
1986-1987    76.2"
1987-1988   104.6"
1988-1989   169.0"
1989-1990   197.0"
1990-1991    99.7"
1991-1992    98.5"
1992-1993    83.7"
1993-1994   138.0"
1994-1995    81.0"
1995-1996   192.0"
1996-1997   213.5"
1997-1998   115.5"
1998-1999   123.5"
1999-2000   100.0"
2000-2001   175.5"
2001-2002   145.0"
2002-2003   166.5"
2003-2004   114.5"

										
								
									

										
								
									

										
								
									

										
								
									
2004-2005   110.5"
2005-2006   141.0"
2006-2007   144.0"
2007-2008   147.5"
2008-2009   187.5"
2009-2010    75.3"
2010-2011   116.5"
2011-2012    69.0"
2012-2013  151.25"
2013-2014   230.0"
2014-2015  118.25"
2015-2014   108.0"
2016-2017   106.0"
2017-2018  167.75"
2018-2019  122.75"
2019-2020   92.25"
2020-2021   68.25"

										
							

						

							
				

			



			


			


			
    
				
  • The west coast and southeastern corner of the county tend to get less than average
				snowfall.
				
  • The middle of the county gets the average amount.
				
  • There's a small area in the northern central part of the county that tends to
				get more than average.
			

			
GENERAL


			

			
Also, compared with coastal areas, inland areas are usually warmer in the summer,
			cooler in the winter, and have different levels of precipitation and snowfall.

			

			See also Frankfort
			and Manistee Climate Data for the Average Rainfall (for three different local
			areas), Average Maximum Temperature, Average Temperature, Average Minimum Temperature,
			Heating Degree Days, and Cooling Degree Days.

			

			NOTE: Most of this information comes from data reported by weather stations
			at Manistee and Thompsonville, or interpolated from Manistee, Thompsonville, and
			Traverse City climatic information. It would be a fun project for the schools
			to collect actual data for the Frankfort-Elberta and/or Beulah-Benzonia area, to
			compare the results of both areas, and offer explanations for the differences.


			


			

			





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