Average Snowfall for Michigan in April

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during April 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 April
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.4 Adrian 1.0 2.5
2.8 Ann Arbor 2.6 6.6
0.4 Dearborn 0.6 1.5
1.5 Detroit 1.5 3.8
2.4 Flint 2.4 6.1
1.0 Harbor Beach 1.4 3.6
0.6 Port Huron 0.4 1.0
0.9 Saginaw 1.3 3.3

West & Mid-Michigan

April snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.9 Battle Creek 2.1 5.3
0.8 Benton Harbor 1.1 2.8
2.1 Grand Rapids 2.0 5.1
1.9 Lansing 1.7 4.3
1.4 Muskegon 1.8 4.6
0.8 Niles 0.8 2.0

Northern Michigan

Average snow for April
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
3.2 Alpena 6.6 16.8
2.1 Cheboygan 4.9 12.4
1.3 East Tawas 2.9 7.4
1.9 Frankfort 3.3 8.4
4.1 Gaylord 8.0 20.3
2.6 Harrisville 4.2 10.7
2.4 Houghton Lake 3.3 8.4
1.9 Petoskey 4.5 11.4
2.7 Traverse City  4.7 11.9

Upper Peninsula

Average total snowfall in April
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2.6 De Tour Village 4.6 11.7
1.3 Escanaba 4.4 11.2
2.8 Iron Mountain 7.1 18.0
5.9 Ironwood 11.7 29.7
4.5 Marquette 8.4 21.3
3.5 Munising 9.6 24.4
5.5 Sault Ste Marie 7.6 19.3
3.4 Tahquamenon Falls Park 9.7 24.6
2.6 Whitefish Point 4.5 11.4
Reference

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

Michigan Snowfall
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