Sterling Heights, Michigan Weather
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Sterling Heights weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
Conditions updated 10:22 AM EDT · Open-Meteo
- TodaySep 21Overcast——64°53°—
- TuesdaySep 22Overcast——66°47°+2°
- WednesdaySep 23Light Rain14%0.03″68°56°+2°
- ThursdaySep 24Overcast——70°54°+2°
- FridaySep 25Overcast——71°53°+1°
- SaturdaySep 26Overcast——74°53°+3°
- SundaySep 27Overcast——66°61°-8°
Air quality now AQI 46 · Good
AQI 46 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.2 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 8.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.2 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.98
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
September dries up ditches or breaks down bridges.
- Moonrise
- 5:12 PM
- Moonset
- 1:43 AM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Sterling Heights at a glance
- Today vs. normal: Today averages 59°F (high 64°F, low 53°F), 5°F below the 64°F normal for Sep 21
- Last frost: April 30 (1991–2020 median, NOAA station 18 km away)
- Microseason: Sep 21–25
- Planting calendar: September — plant garlic (overwinter); harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash
16-Day Forecast — Sterling Heights
- Mon64°53°1%
- Tue66°47°4%
- Wed68°56°14%
- Thu70°54°3%
- Fri71°53°0%
- Sat74°53°0%
- Sun66°61°2%
- Mon74°61°7%
- Tue82°63°17%
- Wed77°65°20%
- Thu70°59°20%
- Fri62°49°10%
- Sat79°58°23%
- Sun70°52°20%
- Mon57°47°21%
- Tue57°43°26%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Live wind & temperature near Sterling Heights
Interactive wind and temperature map centered on Sterling Heights — it loads in your browser. Open the full weather map.
Right now in the garden
Fall planting + final harvests
As of September 21, the season's first frost (typically October 24) is approaching. Pick what frost-tender plants still carry before the next cold front. This city's planting calendar for September: plant garlic (overwinter); harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, and winter squash.
Sun & seasons in Sterling Heights
Sterling Heights sits in Macomb County, where the year’s longest day runs 15h 19m of daylight and its shortest just 9h 3m — a swing of +6h 16m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Detroit, the state’s largest city, lies about 14 miles to the SSW. The nearest town Sterling Heights tracks is Warren, roughly 6 miles to the S.
Air quality in Sterling Heights
Air quality in Sterling Heights’s county has held roughly steady since 2020; its cleanest year on record was 2020 (median AQI 36). See the full air-quality history for Sterling Heights.
Planting calendar
| Month | Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| April | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes | — |
| May | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, spinach, radishes |
| June | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes |
| July | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, beans, summer squash, garlic |
| August | beans, squash, fall brassicas, carrots | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, garlic |
| September | garlic (overwinter) | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| October | garlic (overwinter) | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash, fall brassicas, carrots |
| November | — | fall brassicas, carrots |
A year in weather
Sterling Heights peaks at about 75°F in July and bottoms near 24°F in January; April brings the heaviest rain (3.4 inches) and January the least (1.9 inches).
| Month | Mean temp | Precip |
|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 1.9″ |
| February | 25° | 2.0″ |
| March | 35° | 2.7″ |
| April | 48° | 3.4″ |
| May | 58° | 3.2″ |
| June | 69° | 3.3″ |
| July | 75° | 3.2″ |
| August | 74° | 3.0″ |
| September | 67° | 2.8″ |
| October | 55° | 2.5″ |
| November | 40° | 2.7″ |
| December | 29° | 2.5″ |
Regional context
Similar climates Utica, MI, Fraser, MI, Troy, MI
Per modelled 1991-2020 normals (EC_Earth3P_HR model via Open-Meteo), Sterling Heights runs from a 24°F January mean to 75°F in July, a 52°F seasonal spread, with near 33.1 inches of precipitation.
No season owns Sterling Heights's rain: April reaches 3.4 inches and January keeps 1.9 inches, an even spread through Sterling Heights's year. That lines Sterling Heights up with places like Utica, MI, Fraser, MI and Troy, MI, fed by overlapping storm tracks.
Sterling Heights reaches its last hard frost near April 30; that is the cue for kale, peas, spinach, and parsnips. Tomatoes and peppers do best set out two weeks later in Sterling Heights, once nights clear the mid-40s°F. The season ends by October 24 in Sterling Heights, once hard frosts set back in. Open lawns in Sterling Heights whiten first when frost returns.
Similar climates: Utica, MI, Fraser, MI, Troy, MI, Warren, MI, Madison Heights, MI.
Frequently asked
- When does it freeze in Sterling Heights?
- Frost typically leaves Sterling Heights by April 30 and returns to Sterling Heights near October 24.
- What is the rainy season in Sterling Heights?
- Sterling Heights sees its heaviest rain in April (around 3.4 inches), part of roughly 33 inches a year.
- What is the warmest month in Sterling Heights?
- The warmest stretch in Sterling Heights comes in July, around 75°F on average.
- What is the coldest month in Sterling Heights?
- On average January is the chilliest month in Sterling Heights, about 24°F.
- When can I start a vegetable garden in Sterling Heights?
- Sterling Heights's last frost (April 30) cues hardy greens; in Sterling Heights, hold heat-lovers two weeks past.
- What hardiness zone is Sterling Heights?
- Sterling Heights sits in the USDA zone set by January lows near 24°F; the USDA ZIP tool gives the band.
- What is the 10-day forecast for Sterling Heights?
- Sterling Heights's extended outlook — daily high and low temperatures and precipitation chances for each upcoming day — is in the daily forecast above.
- Will it rain this week in Sterling Heights?
- See this week's day-by-day rain chances for Sterling Heights in the daily forecast above, and the next 24 hours in the hourly chart.
- What is the weather like right now in Sterling Heights?
- Current conditions for Sterling Heights and the next 24 hours — temperature, precipitation chance, and wind by the hour — are in the hourly forecast chart above.
- How often is the Sterling Heights forecast updated?
- The Sterling Heights forecast on this page is built from Open-Meteo weather-model data and refreshes regularly through the day.
- When are sunrise and sunset in Sterling Heights?
- Today's sunrise and sunset times for Sterling Heights are in the Almanac section above, along with civil dawn, civil dusk, and day length. Day length is longest near the summer solstice and shortest near the winter solstice.
- How accurate is the weather forecast for Sterling Heights?
- The next few days in Sterling Heights's forecast are the most reliable; accuracy declines beyond about a week as weather-model uncertainty grows.
Sterling Heights sits at 42.6°N; its climate zone is warm-summer humid continental (Köppen approximation).
ZIP codes in Sterling Heights
- 48310
- 48311
- 48312
- 48313
- 48314