Sterling Heights, Michigan Weather
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Sterling Heights weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
Conditions updated 4:29 PM EST · Open-Meteo
- TodayNov 10Clear——65°43°—
- WednesdayNov 11Overcast21%—58°36°-7°
- ThursdayNov 12Heavy Drizzle54%0.12″46°35°-12°
- FridayNov 13Overcast37%—42°34°-4°
- SaturdayNov 14Overcast——43°35°+1°
- SundayNov 15Overcast——46°38°+3°
- MondayNov 16Light Drizzle——45°41°-1°
Air quality now AQI 45 · Good
AQI 45 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 31 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 31 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 31
- UV peak
- 0.3 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 31
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).
When the wind is in the west, the weather is at its best.
- Moonrise
- 9:00 AM
- Moonset
- 5:47 PM
- In sign
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
Sterling Heights at a glance
- Today vs. normal: Today averages 54°F (high 65°F, low 43°F), 11°F above the 43°F normal for Nov 10
- Last frost: April 30 (1991–2020 median, NOAA station 18 km away)
- Microseason: Nov 6–10
- Planting calendar: November — harvest fall brassicas, carrots
16-Day Forecast — Sterling Heights
- Tue65°44°1%
- Wed58°36°21%
- Thu46°35°54%
- Fri42°34°37%
- Sat43°35°3%
- Sun46°38°2%
- Mon45°41°3%
- Tue46°39°3%
- Wed47°37°1%
- Thu49°39°13%
- Fri59°47°13%
- Sat58°51°27%
- Sun61°41°42%
- Mon41°28°39%
- Tue35°29°10%
- Wed36°28°19%
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
Post-frost dormancy
As of November 10, the season's first frost (typically October 24) is due or past. Bring frost-tender plants indoors, mulch overwintering beds, and turn spent plantings under. This city's planting calendar for November: harvest fall brassicas and carrots.
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