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Michigan · Lower Peninsula

Normally Nov 5

Snowmaking weather normally reaches Cadillac around Nov 5, 21 days away.

That is the whole estimate, and it describes the weather at a reference town. Nobody has filed an opening date for a resort here, so there is nothing to project from. The chart and the tiles below are the same ones the Minnesota page runs on, taken at Traverse City, Cadillac and Brighton instead of at resorts. The curve shown is Traverse City's.

Resorts tracked
0
Opening dates on file
0
Earliest normal window
Nov 5
Oct–Nov hrs there
232

When the guns can run

Snow guns need a wet-bulb temperature under 28°F. The mean at Traverse City does not get there until Dec 6, but the first workable window normally arrives on Nov 17. Resorts open on those early cold snaps rather than on the average.

60° 45° 30° 15° FIRST WORKABLE WINDOW Oct 31 normally Nov 17 Dec 20 COLD ENOUGH TO MAKE SNOW Average crosses 28° · Dec 6 Today · Oct 15 Aug 23 Oct 1 Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan 1 60° 45° 30° 15° FIRST WORKABLE WINDOW Oct 31 normally Nov 17 Dec 20 COLD ENOUGH TO MAKE SNOW Average crosses 28° · Dec 6 Today · Oct 15 Aug 23 Oct 1 Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan 1
Mean wet-bulb, Traverse City, 1995–2025 28°F snowmaking threshold Cold enough to make snow

The next two weeks

No snowmaking weather in the next 16 days. The coldest any of these gets is 28.2° at Brighton.

Traverse City

32.9°

Coldest wet bulb the 16-day forecast reaches at Traverse City.

Coldest hour
Sat 17 Oct, 12am
Air temperature then
38.2°
Humidity then
65%
Hours under 28°
0
First window
—
Normal Oct–Nov hours
133

Cadillac

30.3°

Coldest wet bulb the 16-day forecast reaches at Cadillac.

Coldest hour
Fri 16 Oct, 11pm
Air temperature then
34.2°
Humidity then
74%
Hours under 28°
0
First window
—
Normal Oct–Nov hours
232

Detroit

28.2°

Coldest wet bulb the 16-day forecast reaches at Brighton.

Coldest hour
Sat 17 Oct, 7am
Air temperature then
31.7°
Humidity then
76%
Hours under 28°
0
First window
—
Normal Oct–Nov hours
155

Wet-bulb forecast from Open-Meteo, updated twice a day. Guns can run under 28°.

Want resort-specific info? We need help!

We need somebody to find opening and closing dates, and to tell the pre-season opening apart from the full one where the two differ. That mostly means digging through Facebook feeds by hand. Sometimes the website has it. Minnesota shows what a region looks like once it is filled in.

20 resorts in this region, none with dates on file yet. From the Midwest Ski Resort Guide by Midwest Skiers.

Know a Michigan · Lower Peninsula resort's dates, or want to take on the whole state? Email eazydp@gmail.com. Dates for resorts already listed are just as welcome.