Michigan has a continental climate with two distinct regions. The southern and central parts of the Lower Peninsula (south of Saginaw Bay and from the Grand Rapids area southward) have a warmer climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with hot summers and cold winters. The northern part of the Lower Peninsula and the entire Upper Peninsula has a more severe climate (Köppen Dfb), with warm, but shorter summers and longer, cold to very cold winters. Some parts of the state average high temperatures below freezing from December through February, and into early March in the far northern parts. During the winter through the middle of February, the state is frequently subjected to heavy lake-effect snow. The state averages from of precipitation annually; however, some areas in the northern lower peninsula and the upper peninsula average almost of snowfall per year. Michigan's highest recorded temperature is at Mio on July 13, 1936, and the coldest recorded temperature is at Vanderbilt on February 9, 1934.
Michigan has a continental climate with two distinct regions The southern and central parts of the Lower Peninsula (south of Saginaw Bay and from the Grand Rapids area southward) have a warmer climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with hot summers and cold winters The northern part of the Lower Peninsula and the entire Upper Peninsula has a more severe climate (Köppen Dfb) with warm but shorter summers and longer cold to very cold winters Some parts of the state average high temperatures below freezing from December through February and into early March in the far northern parts During the winter through the middle of February the state is frequently subjected to heavy lake-effect snow The state averages from of precipitation annually; however some areas in the northern lower peninsula and the upper peninsula average almost of snowfall per year Michigan's highest recorded temperature is at Mio on July 13 1936 and the coldest recorded temperature is at Vanderbilt on February 9 1934