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United States / Minnesota / No Metro Area / Lake County / Silver Bay / Zip Codes
Silver Bay, MN has a typical humid continental climate, with warm and humid summers and cold winters. The average high temperature in July is just over 76°F (24°C) and the average low in January is around -3°F (-19°C). Annual precipitation is roughly 32 inches (810mm), mostly falling as snow during winter months. Winters are often long and snowy, while summers are usually mild and brief. Silver Bay experiences frequent lake-effect snowfall from nearby Lake Superior.

Silver Bay, Minnesota gets 32 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Silver Bay averages 74 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 177 sunny days per year in Silver Bay. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Silver Bay gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 123 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 76 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 1
Rain: averages 32 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 74 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Silver Bay is 5.9 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Minnesota.

8.9 Summer - 3 Winter
July, August and June are the most pleasant months in Silver Bay, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateSilver Bay, MinnesotaUnited States
  31.7 in.38.1 in.
  74.0 in.27.8 in.
  122.5 days106.2 days
  177 days205 days
  76.1°85.8°
  1.2°21.7°
  5.97
  3.14.3
  764 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Silver Bay with an average high temperature of 76.1°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Minnesota. In Silver Bay, there are 2 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Silver Bay are July, August and June.
In Silver Bay, there are 1.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Minnesota.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Silver Bay with an average of 1.2°. This is colder than most places in Minnesota.
In Silver Bay, there are 183.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Minnesota.
In Silver Bay, there are 38.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Minnesota.
Humidity in Silver Bay is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
June is the wettest month in Silver Bay with 4.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 36% of yearly precipitation and 12% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 31.7 inches in Silver Bay means that it is wetter than most places in Minnesota.
June is the rainiest month in Silver Bay with 12.6 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.6 rainy days. There are 122.5 rainy days annually in Silver Bay, which is one of the rainiest places in Minnesota. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 74.0 inches in Silver Bay means that it is one of the snowiest places in Minnesota. January is the snowiest month in Silver Bay with 19.4 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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