Battle Creek climate — normals and trends
Battle Creek (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 958 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Battle Creek averages 127 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Battle Creek has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 112 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 6 July 2012) and the coldest -30.0 °C (on 3 February 1996).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Battle CreekMichigan
- coords
- 42.32°, -85.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
958mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
26.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
93.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.4 °C
6 July 2012
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
3 February 1996
Wettest day
82 mm
11 May 1943
Windiest day
49.8 km/h
15 March 1959
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
18 January 1949
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
3 February 1996
Snowiest day
32.3 cm
26 January 1978
Sunniest day
14.9 h
17 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 49 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 42 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 97 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 82 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 129 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 132 mm | +35 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 149 mm | +55 mm |
| Aug | 26.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 62 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 72 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 53 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 0.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 73 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Battle Creek?
Battle Creek has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 958 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Battle Creek?
The hottest day measured in Battle Creek between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2012, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Battle Creek?
The coldest day measured in Battle Creek between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1996, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Battle Creek?
Yes. Battle Creek gets on average 93.7 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Battle Creek warmed?
Yes: Battle Creek warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Battle Creek?
The wettest day measured in Battle Creek between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1943, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Battle Creek?
The windiest day measured in Battle Creek between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1959, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Battle Creek?
The warmest month in Battle Creek is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Battle Creek?
Battle Creek receives on average 958 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Battle Creek?
Battle Creek gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Battle Creek?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Battle Creek between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1978, with 32.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Battle Creek?
Yes: Battle Creek has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Battle Creek?
In Battle Creek, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 3 February 1996.
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