Mount Pleasant climate — normals and trends
Mount Pleasant (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 818 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Mount Pleasant averages 139 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Mount Pleasant has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 150 to 128 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 7 July 1988) and the coldest -33.6 °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
Mount PleasantMichigan
- coords
- 43.60°, -84.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
818mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
92.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
38.0 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest day
-33.6 °C
3 February 1996
Wettest day
65 mm
13 September 2008
Windiest day
59.3 km/h
30 April 1984
Strongest gust
116.6 km/h
30 April 1984
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-39.0 °C
3 February 1996
Snowiest day
28.4 cm
26 January 1978
Sunniest day
15.0 h
14 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 15 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | -1.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 34 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +5.2 °C | 102 mm | +39 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 99 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 143 mm | +60 mm |
| Jul | 28.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 71 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 49 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 36 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 69 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 35 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | -0.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 64 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 818 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mount Pleasant?
The hottest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1988, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mount Pleasant?
The coldest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1996, at -33.6 °C.
Does it snow in Mount Pleasant?
Yes. Mount Pleasant gets on average 92.9 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Mount Pleasant warmed?
Yes: Mount Pleasant warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mount Pleasant?
The wettest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2008, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mount Pleasant?
The windiest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1984, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mount Pleasant?
The warmest month in Mount Pleasant is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant receives on average 818 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1978, with 28.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mount Pleasant?
Yes: Mount Pleasant has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mount Pleasant?
In Mount Pleasant, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -39.0 °C on 3 February 1996.
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