August is synonymous with swimming, for more than one reason. The primary reason I’ll save for another day, as it’s an essay in itself. However, by August, Lake Superior is mostly pleasant for swimming.

In 2020 I made it my goal to swim every day of August. Sometimes that was after sunrise, sometimes at sunset, but preferably as the sun was rising, neck deep holding my camera just above the water’s surface. This is one of the best ways to experience sunrise.

I have always assumed that August was the hottest month of the year in the Upper Peninsula, and I was surprised to look at the weather data and see that the hottest sunrises of the year have occurred in July.

Summer sunrise is a special experience, the warmth, the comfort, the energy of a busy town in the summer. But summer sunrising is less inspiring for me, the skies are often clear and identical from one morning to the next, and it lacks the unpredictable energy of October and January.

Temperatures

Coldest Sunrise
48º F
Avg. temp
60º F
Hottest Sunrise
69º F

2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
1
Sunrise from Founders Landing
2
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
3
Sunrise from Indian Lake
4
Sunrise from Songbird Trail
5
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
6
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
7
Sunrise from Superior Dome
8
Sunrise from North of Picnic Rocks
9
Sunrise from Seeds & Spores Farm
10
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
12
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
13
Sunrise from Hall Farms
14
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
15
Sunrise from South Beach
16
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
17
Sunrise from East View
18
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
19
Sunrise from North of Picnic Rocks
20
Sunrise from Presque Isle
21
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
22
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
23
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
24
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
25
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
26
Sunrise from Presque Isle
27
Sunrise from Mount Marquette
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
30
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
31

2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Shiras Park
1
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
2
Sunrise from Harlow Creek
3
Sunrise from Shiras Park
5
Sunrise from Shiras Park
7
Sunrise from Shiras Park
8
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
13
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
19
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
21
Sunrise from Shiras Park
25
Sunrise from Shiras Park
27
Sunrise from Black Rocks
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Shiras Park
30
Sunrise from Shiras Park
31