Average Snowfall for Michigan in December

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December 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 December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
4.5	Adrian	4.8	12.2
11.5	Ann Arbor	12.7	32.3
4.5	Dearborn	4.6	11.7
8.0	Detroit	8.9	22.6
10.3	Flint	11.4	29.0
7.0	Harbor Beach	11.5	29.2
4.4	Port Huron	6.7	17.0
6.2	Saginaw	11.4	29.0

West & Mid-Michigan

December snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
10.6	Battle Creek	16.4	41.7
7.3	Benton Harbor	16.6	42.2
11.9	Grand Rapids	20.8	52.8
9.4	Lansing	11.3	28.7
10.9	Muskegon	22.3	56.6
8.6	Niles	14.5	36.8

Northern Michigan

Average snow for December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
11.6	Alpena	16.9	42.9
10.3	Cheboygan	22.0	55.9
6.8	East Tawas	9.7	24.6
11.4	Frankfort	23.5	59.7
14.9	Gaylord	31.4	79.8
7.9	Harrisville	10.9	27.7
13.1	Houghton Lake	21.0	53.3
12.3	Petoskey	30.6	77.7
13.3	Traverse City	24.6	62.5

Upper Peninsula

Average total snowfall in December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
9.4	De Tour Village	17.9	45.5
3.5	Escanaba	10.2	25.9
8.0	Iron Mountain	13.0	33.0
15.9	Ironwood	43.6	110.7
12.5	Marquette	21.1	53.6
16.2	Munising	39.1	99.3
17.4	Sault Ste Marie	30.4	77.2
13.9	Tahquamenon Falls Park	42.7	108.5
15.7	Whitefish Point	31.0	78.7