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United States › Michigan › Isabella County › Climate Station CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIV, MI US Distance 5.4 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Isabella 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

Isabella County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

83.7°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 15.9°F.

Isabella County gets 35.47" of precipitation a year, and 31% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

Temperature through the year

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

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 29.5° 15.9° 2.11"
February 32.3° 16.5° 1.72"
March 42.7° 23.6° 1.95"
April 56.2° 34.0° 3.57"
May 69.4° 45.8° 3.71"
June 79.5° 56.5° 3.87"
July 83.7° 60.7° 3.22"
August 81.5° 59.0° 3.84"
September 74.0° 51.3° 2.82"
October 60.2° 40.5° 3.52"
November 45.8° 30.9° 2.79"
December 34.8° 22.4° 2.35"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 31% falling in the wettest three months (Apr, May, Jun).

January 2.11"
February 1.72"
March 1.95"
April 3.57"
May 3.71"
June 3.87"
July 3.22"
August 3.84"
September 2.82"
October 3.52"
November 2.79"
December 2.35"
Annual total 35.47"

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 661
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 6,899
Approximate annual cooling cost At 22.99¢/kWh, Michigan average $152
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $555

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 Isabella County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Isabella County?

Isabella County averages a high of 83.7°F in July and a low of 15.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 35.47 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Isabella County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 31% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Isabella County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 83.7°F. That drives 661 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Isabella County?

The weather station used for Isabella County, CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIV, MI US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 35.47 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIV, MI US (USC00205662), 5.4 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.