Rapid River stays cool in summer
Rapid River has cold, snowy winters and cool summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 76°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 47 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 41°, and nights fall to 29°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Rapid River’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Rapid River’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Rapid River.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Rapid River itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Escanaba, MI (15 mi, snow) and Rapid Rvr 4sse, MI (4 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.