Average Snowfall for Michigan in January

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

The snowfall totals are 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.

The Thumb & Southeast Michigan

Average total snowfall in January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
6.5	Adrian	9.0	22.9
15.2	Ann Arbor	18.3	46.5
6.7	Dearborn	11.7	29.7
10.7	Detroit	14.0	35.6
13.3	Flint	15.1	38.4
10.0	Harbor Beach	15.4	39.1
7.4	Port Huron	11.1	28.2
7.5	Saginaw	11.4	29.0

West & Mid-Michigan

January snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
12.8	Battle Creek	18.1	46.0
10.2	Benton Harbor	29.5	74.9
14.9	Grand Rapids	22.6	57.4
11.9	Lansing	14.3	36.3
14.4	Muskegon	29.1	73.9
11.1	Niles	22.6	57.4

Northern Michigan

Average snow for January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
15.1	Alpena	19.3	49.0
12.3	Cheboygan	24.2	61.5
9.0	East Tawas	14.3	36.3
14.2	Frankfort	27.2	69.1
16.7	Gaylord	37.4	95.0
9.5	Harrisville	14.4	36.6
14.5	Houghton Lake	17.7	45.0
14.4	Petoskey	39.3	99.8
17.9	Traverse City	32.3	82.0

Upper Peninsula

Average total snowfall in January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
11.1	De Tour Village	20.2	51.3
5.5	Escanaba	13.7	34.8
9.8	Iron Mountain	14.7	37.3
18.4	Ironwood	43.1	109.5
17.7	Marquette	25.1	63.8
21.4	Munising	46.0	116.8
19.6	Sault Ste Marie	30.3	77.0
18.0	Tahquamenon Falls Park	46.1	117.1
19.2	Whitefish Point	38.8	98.6