Average Annual Snowfall in Michigan

The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at cities and other locations around Michigan. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: The Thumb & Southeast Michigan, West & Mid-Michigan, Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula.

Place name links take you to more detailed information on snowfall, snowstorms and snow accumulation for that location.

The Thumb & Southeast Michigan

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
20.4	Adrian	26.0	66.0
54.5	Ann Arbor	61.4	156.0
20.6	Dearborn	30.8	78.2
37.6	Detroit	45.0	114.3
46.8	Flint	52.1	132.3
31.0	Harbor Beach	47.2	119.9
22.0	Port Huron	35.5	90.2
25.5	Saginaw	40.7	103.4

West & Mid-Michigan

Yearly snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
45.2	Battle Creek	64.6	164.1
31.1	Benton Harbor	77.7	197.4
50.9	Grand Rapids	77.6	197.1
42.1	Lansing	50.2	127.5
48.1	Muskegon	87.2	221.5
35.6	Niles	62.5	158.8

Northern Michigan

Average total snow for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
56.0	Alpena	77.6	197.1
43.3	Cheboygan	87.6	222.5
30.8	East Tawas	49.2	125.0
48.7	Frankfort	93.0	236.2
67.3	Gaylord	140.3	356.4
35.6	Harrisville	52.4	133.1
54.1	Houghton Lake	74.7	189.7
50.4	Petoskey	123.6	313.9
60.9	Traverse City	101.0	256.5

Upper Peninsula

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
42.5	De Tour Village	74.6	189.5
18.1	Escanaba	46.9	119.1
36.3	Iron Mountain	61.0	154.9
79.5	Ironwood	185.5	471.2
64.6	Marquette	102.0	259.1
75.7	Munising	161.0	408.9
81.3	Sault Ste Marie	120.1	305.1
65.2	Tahquamenon Falls Park	169.9	431.5
68.3	Whitefish Point	121.0	307.3