Average Temperatures for Michigan in October

Average temperatures for October at cities, towns and parks throughout Michigan are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

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 tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

The Thumb & Southeast Michigan

Average October temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
63 40 Adrian 17 5
62 41 Ann Arbor 17 5
60 41 Bay City 16 5
62 42 Dearborn 17 5
62 44 Detroit 17 7
60 40 Flint 16 5
58 42 Harbor Beach 14 5
60 42 Midland 16 5
63 42 Monroe 17 6
60 41 Mount Pleasant 16 5
61 46 Port Huron 16 8
61 41 Saginaw 16 5

West & Mid-Michigan

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
62 42 Battle Creek 17 5
62 43 Benton Harbor 17 6
61 42 Grand Rapids 16 6
61 43 Holland 16 6
61 41 Jackson 16 5
61 42 Kalamazoo 16 6
61 41 Lansing 16 5
61 43 Muskegon 16 6
63 43 Niles 17 6

Northern Michigan

October temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
58 37 Alpena 14 3
56 37 Cadillac 14 3
56 39 Cheboygan 14 4
59 38 East Tawas 15 3
56 43 Frankfort 13 6
54 35 Gaylord 12 2
54 39 Harrisville 12 4
57 36 Houghton Lake 14 2
57 40 Ludington 14 4
56 41 Petoskey 13 5
55 42 St James, Beaver Island 13 6
59 41 Traverse City  15 5

Upper Peninsula

Average October temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
54 32 Champion Van Riper Park 12 0
53 40 De Tour Village 12 4
55 37 Escanaba 13 3
55 39 Grand Marais 13 4
56 35 Iron Mountain 13 2
53 35 Ironwood 11 2
53 39 Manistique 12 4
54 40 Marquette 12 4
52 38 Munising 11 3
54 39 Sault Ste Marie 12 4
53 33 Tahquamenon Falls Park 12 1
54 41 Whitefish Point 12 5
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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