Warm-summer humid continental
Cadillac, Michigan
Wexford County, Michigan · Population 10k · 1,319 ft elevation
Living in Cadillac
Cadillac has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 35″ a year, and it is a snowy place (74″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (12 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Cadillac: about 24% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 600 ft around town.
Cadillac at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 1,319 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 35″26th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 74″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,366 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $118k10th percentile
- Median rent
- $806/mo14th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.57%76th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 12 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 417 per 100k83th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,866 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 346th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 24%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 558 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 12°F | 2.0″ | 18.7″ | 88 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 12°F | 1.5″ | 13.9″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 19°F | 2.1″ | 9.4″ | 193 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 31°F | 3.6″ | 5.2″ | 211 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | 0.3″ | 269 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 53°F | 3.6″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 57°F | 3.5″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 55°F | 3.5″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 48°F | 3.2″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 37°F | 3.9″ | 1.4″ | 155 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 28°F | 2.7″ | 9.0″ | 103 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 20°F | 2.0″ | 16.1″ | 67 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology