Overview:
Cheboygan is located on the northwest shore of Lake Huron, and the city is about 15 miles southeast of the Straits of Mackinac in northeastern Cheboygan County. The surrounding terrain is level to gently undulating with large tracts of rather poor quality second-growth forests. Soils are predominantly sand but often high in gravel content.
The effect of Lake Huron on Cheboygan’s climate is particularly strong during periods of easterly to northeasterly winds, and this peculiar climate results in cooler summer temperatures and increased snow showers with milder fall and early winter temperatures. With light southwesterly winds, a localized lake breeze may be nearly as effective in giving Cheboygan cooler summer temperatures. As a result of the prevailing westerly winds, Cheboygan does experience some additional lake effect, but the lake effect is limited to increased cloudiness during the late fall and early winter. In the late winter, as ice builds up on the lakes, Cheboygan experiences temperature variations that are more closely associated with inland locations. Because the day-to-day weather is controlled by the movement of pressure systems across the continent, this area seldom experiences prolonged periods of hot, humid weather in the summer or extreme cold during the winter. Precipitation is well-distributed throughout the growing year, though the autumn months tend to be the wettest.
State/ Province ID: MI
Station ID: C00201492
Directory Name: CHEBOYGAN_HCN_MI_C00201492
Elevation: 179.20m
Climatology PDF: Array