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The climate of Michigan (United States of America)
The state of Michigan is located in the northwestern part of the United States. The landscape of Michigan is mainly determined by lakes such as Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior. In total, the state of Michigan consists of water for 41.5%. Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The lower peninsula has always been the heart of the American automobile industry. Especially the economy of Detroit depends on the production of cars. This is also why Detroit is also known as Motor City. The lower peninsula has a warm continental climate (type Dfa). The upper peninsula has a moderate continental climate (type Dfb). Winters are fairly cool and summers are warm on both peninsulas. However, on the upper peninsula temperatures are slightly lower than in the southern part of Michigan. From December till February daytime temperatures in the city of Hancock are below freezing point. During the night it may get really cold. Winters in the southeastern part of Michigan may be cold as well. However, in general winters are milder here.

Climate information of places in Michigan
The climate information given on this page is only brief. Specific information on weather and climate can be found on the pages per region or city. The following climate information is available for Michigan:

Climate information
Throughout Michigan several climate figures and temperatures can be recorded. The figures below are for Lansing and cannot be seen as an average for this state. For climate figures for other places and regions in Michigan please, visit the individual climate pages.

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	-2	-11	4	15		n/a
February	0	-10	5	11		n/a
March	6	-4	6	12		n/a
April	14	2	7	12		n/a
May	21	7	9	11		n/a
June	26	13	10	10		n/a
July	28	15	10	9		n/a
August	27	14	9	10		n/a
September	23	10	7	10		n/a
October	16	3	5	10		n/a
November	7	-1	3	13		n/a
December	1	-7	3	15		n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
TextClimate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The figures below apply to Lansing. For climate figures on specific regions and places please, visit the relevant individual climate pages.

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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