Rock, MI Climate

Rock, MI enjoys a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are warm and humid with temperatures frequently reaching into the high 80s, while winters can get quite cold, with temperatures dropping below 0°F on occasion. Spring and fall are both mild but can have large swings in temperature due to the lake effect from Lake Michigan. Precipitation is spread fairly evenly year-round, but tends to peak in late spring and summer.

Climate	Rock, Michigan	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.