Houghton Lake, MI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 20°F in Houghton Lake, MI, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 41st coldest of 109 (with 1985).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 20°F; Coldest since 2015; 41st coldest of 109
Precipitation: 6.00 in; Wettest since 2020; 20th wettest of 111

A normal winter in Houghton Lake, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 21.6°F, between 16.8°F and 27°F in eight years of ten and 4.51 in of precipitation, between 2.83 in and 7.39 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Houghton Lake, MI since 1914: 20°F in 2026; the lowest is 12.7°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 16.8 to 27°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Houghton Lake, MI from 1913 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	20	68	27.8	78	12.3	61	6.00	20	0
2025	21.1	49	27.9	77	14.4	34	5.15	35	0
2024	29.8	1	36.1	2	23.6	1	4.27	66	0
2023	26.7	7	32.2	16	21.2	3	5.40	30	0
2022	20.1	65	28.5	63	12.1	64	4.06	73	2
2021	22.7	32	29.4	47	16.1	20	3.98	76	0
2020	25.4	11	31.8	20	19.1	10	6.00	20	0
2019	20.1	65	27.8	78	12.5	58	6.27	16	0
2018	20.8	55	28.3	67	13.4	50	5.65	23	0
2017	25.6	10	31.9	18	19.2	8	7.70	3	0
2016	27	5	33.6	7	20.4	6	6.69	7	0
2015	16.3	100	24.8	102	7.7	97	3.24	90	0
2014	13.8	107	21.9	110	5.8	106	5.00	39	0
2013	24.1	18	30.9	29	17.4	13	8.17	2	0
2012	27	5	33.7	6	20.2	7	5.72	22	0
2011	18.7	88	26.1	94	11.4	71	4.16	71	0
2010	21.9	41	28.3	67	15.5	28	2.76	99	0
2009	16.9	98	25.5	98	8.3	96	8.18	1	0
2008	20.8	55	28.1	72	13.6	47	6.65	9	0
2007	22.8	31	29.4	47	16.3	19	4.18	70	0
2006	23.8	24	29.4	47	18.2	12	5.53	27	0
2005	20.8	55	28	74	13.5	48	6.28	15	0
2004	19.7	72	28.2	70	11.2	72	3.09	92	0
2003	18.1	94	26.1	94	10.1	89	0.76	111	0
2002	27.9	3	34.9	3	21	5	2.83	94	0
2001	19.6	75	27	89	12.2	62	2.79	98	0
2000	22.9	30	31.3	25	14.6	33	4.46	59	0
1999	23.9	22	31.7	22	16	23	4.19	69	0
1998	27.4	4	33.5	8	21.2	3	3.35	86	0
1997	20.7	61	27.7	82	13.7	45	7.35	5	0
1996	18.4	90	27.6	84	9.1	94	4.55	56	0
1995	24.1	18	31.9	18	16.4	17	3.28	88	0
1994	16.1	101	25.2	100	6.9	103	4.06	73	0
1993	21.3	46	29.1	54	13.4	50	4.60	52	0
1992	24.1	18	31	28	17.2	14	4.40	62	0
1991	22	39	29.7	42	14.3	37	3.39	84	0
1990	20.1	65	29	57	11.2	72	4.44	61	0
1989	21.5	45	29.1	54	13.9	41	3.53	79	0
1988	20.8	55	28.6	61	13	52	5.29	33	0
1987	23.9	22	31.8	20	16	23	2.52	103	0
1986	17.9	96	25.4	99	10.4	84	4.93	43	0
1985	20	68	28	74	12	67	6.56	10	0
1984	18.9	84	27	89	10.9	76	3.63	78	0
1983	26.3	8	33.4	10	19.2	8	5.46	29	0
1982	18.2	93	25.8	97	10.5	83	3.80	77	0
1981	19	83	28	74	10	90	4.84	45	0
1980	20.9	52	29.2	52	12.5	58	4.01	75	0
1979	14.7	106	23.6	108	5.8	106	4.22	68	0
1978	15.7	103	24.9	101	6.6	104	4.68	51	0
1977	13.3	108	22	109	4.6	108	2.71	100	0
1976	20.5	64	28.9	58	12.1	64	5.59	26	0
1975	23	29	30.3	33	15.7	26	4.54	57	0
1974	19.3	79	27.7	82	11	75	6.08	17	0
1973	20.8	55	28.7	59	12.9	54	6.03	18	0
1972	19.7	72	28.3	67	11.1	74	6.29	14	0
1971	18.4	90	26.6	93	10.2	88	6.66	8	0
1970	16.6	99	26	96	7.2	99	2.80	96	0
1969	19.6	75	28.2	70	10.9	76	4.69	48	0
1968	18.9	84	27.5	86	10.3	86	5.01	37	0
1967	19.1	82	28.4	65	9.8	91	6.36	13	0
1966	21.1	49	29.3	51	12.9	54	4.77	46	0
1965	18.5	89	26.7	92	10.3	86	4.98	42	0
1964	22.3	35	30.3	33	14.4	34	2.47	104	0
1963	15.7	103	24.4	104	7.1	100	2.32	108	0
1962	19.3	79	27.1	88	11.6	69	4.75	47	0
1961	20.7	61	29.2	52	12.2	62	2.09	109	0
1960	23.7	25	31.4	24	16.1	20	5.05	36	0
1959	15.6	105	24.7	103	6.4	105	4.60	52	0
1958	22.4	33	30.6	31	14.4	34	2.64	102	1
1957	21.9	41	29.9	40	13.8	44	3.39	84	1
1956	20.6	63	29.6	45	11.5	70	4.69	48	0
1955	21	51	29.6	45	12.4	60	3.14	91	1
1954	24.9	12	33.2	12	16.7	16	6.49	12	3
1953	25.9	9	33.5	8	18.4	11	7.40	4	7
1952	22.4	33	30.9	29	13.9	41	5.49	28	0
1951	21.2	47	28.5	63	13.9	41	5.01	37	0
1950	23.2	27	31.5	23	14.9	31	7.00	6	0
1949	24.7	14	32.5	14	16.8	15	5.62	25	0
1948	18.3	92	27.5	86	9.2	93	4.32	64	0
1947	21.8	43	30	39	13.7	45	5.18	34	0
1946	19.9	70	28.1	72	11.7	68	5.36	31	0
1945	18.8	87	26.8	91	10.7	80	2.33	107	0
1944	24.4	17	32.4	15	16.4	17	2.35	106	0
1943	19.4	78	27.8	78	10.9	76	6.55	11	0
1942	23.2	27	30.5	32	15.8	25	2.80	96	0
1941	22.2	37	30.1	38	14.3	37	4.45	60	0
1940	22.3	35	30.3	33	14.2	39	2.93	93	0
1939	22.2	37	30.3	33	14.2	39	4.27	66	0
1938	20.8	55	28.6	61	13	52	5.34	32	0
1937	24	21	33.2	12	14.7	32	4.69	48	0
1936	16	102	24.3	105	7.7	97	3.45	82	0
1935	19.7	72	28.7	59	10.7	80	3.51	80	0
1934	18.9	84	28.4	65	9.3	92	3.29	87	0
1933	24.5	16	33.8	5	15.2	29	4.30	65	0
1932	28.8	2	36.2	1	21.3	2	5.63	24	0
1931	24.7	14	33.3	11	16.1	20	2.68	101	0
1930	21.2	47	29.7	42	12.9	54	4.35	63	2
1929	19.6	75	27.8	78	10.9	76	5.00	39	4
1928	22	39	31.2	26	12.9	54	4.99	41	0
1927	19.9	70	29.4	47	10.4	84	3.41	83	3
1926	20.9	52	29.7	42	12.1	64	4.89	44	0
1925	18.1	94	29.1	54	7.1	100	3.25	89	0
1924	20.9	52	31.1	27	10.6	82	4.47	58	0
1923	17.3	97	27.6	84	7.1	100	4.14	72	2
1922	19.3	79	30.3	33	8.4	95	6.01	19	4
1921	24.8	13	33.9	4	15.6	27	4.59	54	0
1920			24.1	106	2.6	109	3.49	81	11
1919	23.6	26	32.1	17	15.2	29	4.58	55	0
1918							2.42	105	62
1917	12.7	109	23.8	107	1.6	110	1.65	110	8
1915									59
1914	21.6	44	29.8	41	13.5	48	2.82	95	0
1913									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	29.8
1932	28.8
2002	27.9
1998	27.4
2016	27
2012	27
2023	26.7
1983	26.3
1953	25.9
2017	25.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	12.7
1977	13.3
2014	13.8
1979	14.7
1959	15.6
1978	15.7
1963	15.7
1936	16
1994	16.1
2015	16.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	8.18
2013	8.17
2017	7.70
1953	7.40
1997	7.35
1950	7.00
2016	6.69
1971	6.66
2008	6.65
1985	6.56

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	0.76
1917	1.65
1961	2.09
1963	2.32
1945	2.33
1944	2.35
1918	2.42
1964	2.47
1987	2.52
1958	2.64

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 51°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.57 in; 8 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.00 in of precipitation in Houghton Lake, MI, the wettest winter since 2020, tied 20th wettest of 111 (with 2020).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Houghton Lake, MI: 51°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Houghton Lake, MI: a low of -20°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Houghton Lake, MI: 0.57 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.