Climate in Zip 49506 (Grand Rapids, MI)

Grand Rapids (zip 49506), Michigan gets 37 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Grand Rapids (zip 49506) averages 64 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 160 sunny days per year in Grand Rapids (zip 49506). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Grand Rapids (zip 49506) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 127 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 37 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 64 inches of snow a year

BESTPLACES COMFORT INDEX

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 49506 zip code is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Michigan.

July is the hottest month for the 49506 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.1°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Michigan. In the 49506 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 49506 zip code are June, August and July.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 49506 zip code with an average of 16.4°. This is warmer than most places in Michigan.

In the 49506 zip code, there are 6.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Michigan.

In the 49506 zip code, there are 140.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Michigan.

In the 49506 zip code, there are 6.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Michigan.

September is the wettest month in the 49506 zip code with 4.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.0 inches in the 49506 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Michigan.

January is the rainiest month in the 49506 zip code with 13.3 days of rain, and July is the driest month with only 8.9 rainy days. There are 126.6 rainy days annually in the 49506 zip code, which is about average compared to other 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 63.8 inches in the 49506 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Michigan. January is the snowiest month in the 49506 zip code with 18.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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