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United States / Michigan / Traverse City Metro Area / Kalkaska County / Kalkaska / Zip Codes
Kalkaska, MI is located in the lower portion of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula and has an average annual temperature of 49°F. The summers are generally warm and humid while the winters are cold with frequent snowfall. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average total of 33 inches per year. Kalkaska experiences all four seasons and offers residents ample opportunities to enjoy the outdoors year-round.

Kalkaska, Michigan gets 34 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Kalkaska averages 100 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 164 sunny days per year in Kalkaska. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Kalkaska gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 154 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 79 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 10
Rain: averages 34 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 100 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

9.1 Summer - 2.8 Winter
July, August and June are the most pleasant months in Kalkaska, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateKalkaska, MichiganUnited States
  34.3 in.38.1 in.
  99.6 in.27.8 in.
  153.9 days106.2 days
  164 days205 days
  79.3°85.8°
  10.0°21.7°
  5.97
  3.34.3
  1033 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 Kalkaska with an average high temperature of 79.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Michigan. In Kalkaska, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Kalkaska are August, July and June.
In Kalkaska, there are 3.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Michigan.
February has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Kalkaska with an average of 9.2°. This is colder than most places in Michigan.
In Kalkaska, there are 177.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Michigan.
In Kalkaska, there are 17.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Michigan.
Humidity in Kalkaska 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.
September is the wettest month in Kalkaska with 3.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.6 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 30% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 34.3 inches in Kalkaska means that it is wetter than most places in Michigan.
December is the rainiest month in Kalkaska with 16.6 days of rain, and July is the driest month with only 10.4 rainy days. There are 153.9 rainy days annually in Kalkaska, which is one of the rainiest places in Michigan. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 99.6 inches in Kalkaska means that it is snowier than most places in Michigan. January is the snowiest month in Kalkaska with 27.9 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Dana · Kalkaska, MI
Kalkaska, Vacation Wonderland, or Hell on Earth?
Over 5 years ago

I've lived in Kalkaska full time since 1973. Back then it was a nice community, growing because of a great oil and gas boom, that is now gone. Gone too are the  More

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