Escanaba weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Escanaba is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with July and September close behind. Escanaba averages about 2,066 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,066
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 855 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 180 m
When is the best time to visit Escanaba?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Escanaba is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 41 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Escanaba?
Escanaba gets a moderate 2,066 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate August (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #380 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 855 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -7° / 19°F | 41 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 51 mm | 3 |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 77 mm | 4 |
| May | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 89 mm | 6 |
| June | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 89 mm | 6 |
| July | 76 | 22° / 72°F | 17° / 63°F | 78 mm | 7 |
| August | 77 | 22° / 72°F | 18° / 64°F | 76 mm | 6 |
| September | 68 | 19° / 66°F | 14° / 57°F | 90 mm | 4 |
| October | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 102 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 65 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 59 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Green Bay United States · 160 km · best in Jul · 2,244 h sun/yr
- Traverse City United States · 161 km · best in Jul · 1,987 h sun/yr
- Appleton United States · 198 km · best in Jul · 2,243 h sun/yr
- Milwaukee United States · 315 km · best in Sep · 1,950 h sun/yr
- Madison United States · 338 km · best in Sep · 2,236 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 340 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Marquette United States · 74 km · 1,842 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kingsford United States · 80 km · 2,184 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Manistee United States · 174 km · 1,916 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pellston United States · 179 km · 1,932 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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