Silver Creek, MI Climate


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Silver Creek, MI has a predominantly humid continental climate, characterized by warm and humid summers with occasional heat waves, and cold winters with some snowfall. The average temperatures are moderate throughout the year, ranging from an average low of 21°F in the winter to an average high of 76°F in the summer. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average of 36 inches per year. The area generally experiences milder temperatures during spring and autumn months.

Silver Creek, Michigan gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Silver Creek averages 71 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 173 sunny days per year in Silver Creek. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Silver Creek gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 136 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 18
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 71 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Silver Creek is 6.7 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Michigan.

9.2 Summer - 3.9 Winter
June, August and July are the most pleasant months in Silver Creek, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateSilver Creek, MichiganUnited States
  39.7 in.38.1 in.
  70.6 in.27.8 in.
  136.0 days106.2 days
  173 days205 days
  83.0°85.8°
  17.9°21.7°
  6.77
  3.54.3
  791 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 Creek with an average high temperature of 83.0°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Michigan. In Silver Creek, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Silver Creek are June, August and September.
In Silver Creek, there are 11.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the hottest places in Michigan.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Silver Creek with an average of 17.9°. This is warmer than most places in Michigan.
In Silver Creek, there are 129.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Michigan.
In Silver Creek, there are 4.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Michigan.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Silver Creek but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. August is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are August, July and June.
August is the wettest month in Silver Creek with 4.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 19% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.7 inches in Silver Creek means that it is one of the wettest places in Michigan.
December is the rainiest month in Silver Creek with 15.1 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 9.1 rainy days. There are 136.0 rainy days annually in Silver Creek, which is rainier than most places in Michigan. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 70.6 inches in Silver Creek means that it is snowier than most places in Michigan. January is the snowiest month in Silver Creek with 22.6 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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