Paulding, Michigan
Unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
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Paulding is an unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Paulding is located in Haight Township along U.S. Route 45, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) southeast of the village of Ontonagon.[2] The Paulding Light, part of the area's folklore, is visible in a valley near Paulding.
Paulding, Michigan | |
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Community of Paulding along U.S. Route 45 | |
  Paulding Location within the state of Michigan  Paulding Paulding (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′05″N 89°10′48″W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Ontonagon |
| Township | Haight |
| Elevation | 1,358 ft (414 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49912 (Bruce Crossing) |
| Area code | 906 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1621164[1] |
Climate
| Climate data for Paulding, Michigan, 1991–2020 normals: 1367ft (417m) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 49 (9) |
56 (13) |
65 (18) |
78 (26) |
90 (32) |
94 (34) |
93 (34) |
90 (32) |
88 (31) |
83 (28) |
74 (23) |
53 (12) |
94 (34) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 21.2 (−6.0) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
36.6 (2.6) |
48.7 (9.3) |
63.9 (17.7) |
73.7 (23.2) |
77.8 (25.4) |
76.0 (24.4) |
67.7 (19.8) |
52.8 (11.6) |
37.6 (3.1) |
25.9 (−3.4) |
50.6 (10.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 11.8 (−11.2) |
14.2 (−9.9) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
37.0 (2.8) |
50.8 (10.4) |
61.0 (16.1) |
65.0 (18.3) |
62.9 (17.2) |
55.5 (13.1) |
42.6 (5.9) |
29.8 (−1.2) |
17.9 (−7.8) |
39.4 (4.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 2.3 (−16.5) |
3.4 (−15.9) |
11.6 (−11.3) |
25.3 (−3.7) |
37.7 (3.2) |
48.2 (9.0) |
52.1 (11.2) |
49.7 (9.8) |
43.2 (6.2) |
32.4 (0.2) |
22.0 (−5.6) |
9.9 (−12.3) |
28.1 (−2.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −29 (−34) |
−33 (−36) |
−31 (−35) |
−8 (−22) |
17 (−8) |
27 (−3) |
36 (2) |
33 (1) |
25 (−4) |
9 (−13) |
−9 (−23) |
−24 (−31) |
−33 (−36) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.48 (38) |
1.19 (30) |
1.65 (42) |
2.84 (72) |
3.36 (85) |
3.73 (95) |
3.97 (101) |
3.31 (84) |
3.62 (92) |
3.73 (95) |
2.29 (58) |
1.75 (44) |
32.92 (836) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 27.0 (69) |
23.7 (60) |
10.5 (27) |
14.7 (37) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0.0 (0.0) |
trace | trace | trace | 4.6 (12) |
21.6 (55) |
24.4 (62) |
127.1 (323.5) |
| Source 1: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS (snowfall & records)[4] | |||||||||||||
History
A post office called Paulding was established in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.[5] The community was named for John Paulding, a militiaman in the American Revolution.[6]
