Warm-summer humid continental
Traverse City, Michigan
Grand Traverse County, Michigan · Population 15k · 591 ft elevation
Living in Traverse City
Traverse City has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 29″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (101″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (16 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Traverse City at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 591 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 29″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 101″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,351 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $368k68th percentile
- Median rent
- $983/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k46th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.22%62th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.299th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 582 per 100k91th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 746 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6620th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6161th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 623 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 17°F | 1.7″ | 32.3″ | 87 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 16°F | 1.0″ | 21.4″ | 116 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 23°F | 1.6″ | 12.3″ | 192 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 33°F | 2.8″ | 4.7″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 44°F | 2.8″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 54°F | 2.6″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 2.7″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 3.0″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 52°F | 3.4″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 41°F | 3.6″ | 0.1″ | 150 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 32°F | 2.2″ | 5.6″ | 95 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 24°F | 1.8″ | 24.6″ | 72 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