St. Joseph, MI Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in St. Joseph actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for St. Joseph, MI, the comfort score comes out to 40/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 5 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.
How much St. Joseph's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in St. Joseph run from 26°F in Jan up to 73°F in Jul, a 46.2°F seasonal swing, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
St. Joseph, month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Precip | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 20°F | 2.46in | 29.5in |
| Feb | 36°F | 21°F | 1.89in | 18.8in |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 2.26in | 7.7in |
| Apr | 59°F | 37°F | 3.76in | 1.1in |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 3.85in | 0in |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 3.6in | 0in |
| Jul | 83°F | 62°F | 3.3in | 0in |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 3.9in | 0in |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 3.4in | 0in |
| Oct | 63°F | 44°F | 4.4in | 0.2in |
| Nov | 49°F | 34°F | 3.01in | 3.8in |
| Dec | 38°F | 25°F | 2.33in | 16.6in |
If you're timing a visit, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, and Sep are St. Joseph's mildest stretch; if you're moving there, you should plan around Jan's cold instead.
How wet St. Joseph actually gets
Over a typical year, St. Joseph sees about 38.16in of precipitation a year across roughly 126 days with measurable rain or snow, with 77.7in of snow a year.
St. Joseph against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, St. Joseph comes in at 4558; within MI alone it ranks 145 of 153. Population is about 7,930.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from Benton Harbor Ap, MI US, the NOAA station 3.6 miles from St. Joseph, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why this uses the nearest NOAA station · How the comfort score is calculated