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Weather in Sands Township, MI · National Weather Service + NOAA

Sands Township is snow country

Sands Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 78°, a January night drops to 8°, and about 197 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 39°, and nights fall to 25°.

Winter 26°/10°Spring 49°/27°Summer 75°/52°Fall 53°/36°
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Sunrise 7:33 am · sunset 5:33 pm

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What stands out about Sands Township’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 197 inches a winter, more than 1,912 of 1,916 Michigan towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 78°, cooler than 96% of U.S. towns.Among Michigan’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 8°, colder than 1,863 of 1,983 Michigan towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 153 days a year.
A normal year

Where today sits in Sands Township’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
26° / 10°
49 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
49° / 27°
Last frost around May 22
Summer
75° / 52°
3 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
53° / 36°
First frost around Sep 29
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 29). Last frost next spring: May 22
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Sands Township get?About 197 inches a winter.When is it wettest?September, with 3.7 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.6° vs. the 20th century.

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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 Sands Township itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Marquette, MI (9 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.