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United States › Michigan › Alcona County › Climate Station HARRISVILLE 2NNE, MI US Distance 1.8 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Alcona County home comfortable runs roughly $707 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Alcona County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

73.7°

average daily high. The coldest month is February, averaging a low of 13.2°F.

Alcona County gets 29.14" of precipitation a year and 52.4" of snow, and 33% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 26.0° 13.5° 1.38" 14.4"
February 27.7° 13.2° 1.12" 12.3"
March 35.4° 21.2° 1.63" 8.0"
April 45.5° 31.0° 3.06" 4.2"
May 56.9° 41.9° 3.23" 0.0"
June 67.3° 51.9° 3.13" 0.0"
July 73.5° 57.7° 3.38" 0.0"
August 73.7° 57.5° 3.18" 0.0"
September 66.7° 50.4° 2.80" 0.0"
October 54.2° 39.4° 2.68" 0.0"
November 41.7° 29.6° 1.89" 2.6"
December 31.8° 20.5° 1.66" 10.9"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 33% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 1.38"
February 1.12"
March 1.63"
April 3.06"
May 3.23"
June 3.13"
July 3.38"
August 3.18"
September 2.80"
October 2.68"
November 1.89"
December 1.66"
Annual total 29.14"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 192
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,233
Approximate annual cooling cost At 22.99¢/kWh, Michigan average $44
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $662

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Alcona County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Alcona County?

Alcona County averages a high of 73.7°F in August and a low of 13.2°F in February. Annual precipitation is 29.14 inches, including 52.4 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Alcona County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 33% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Alcona County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 73.7°F. That drives 192 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Alcona County?

Yes. Alcona County averages 52.4 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station HARRISVILLE 2NNE, MI US (USC00203628), 1.8 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Michigan residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.