# Covington Township, Michigan

Covington Township is a civil township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 375 at the 2020 census.

## Communities

* Covington is an unincorporated community on US 141 near the junction with M-28. The Covington ZIP code 49919 serves northern areas of the township.
* Leo is an unincorporated community in the township.
* Murphy is an unincorporated community in the township.
* Perch is an unincorporated community in the township.
* Tioga is a place name between the Tioga River and Pelkie Creek at 46°33′30″N 88°20′55″W﻿ / ﻿46.55833°N 88.34861°W﻿ / 46.55833; -88.34861﻿ (Tioga, Michigan).
* Tunis is a place name on the Perch River at 46°33′30″N 88°30′35″W﻿ / ﻿46.55833°N 88.50972°W﻿ / 46.55833; -88.50972﻿ (Tunis, Michigan).
* Vermilac is a place at 46°31′51″N 88°27′32″W﻿ / ﻿46.53083°N 88.45889°W﻿ / 46.53083; -88.45889﻿ (Vermilac, Michigan).
* Watton is an unincorporated community at 46°32′15″N 88°36′23″W﻿ / ﻿46.53750°N 88.60639°W﻿ / 46.53750; -88.60639﻿ (Watton, Michigan) about 4 miles (6 km) west of Covington on M-28. This stop on the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railroad is a Finnish village, established by August Kotila in 1903. A post office was established in 1912. The Watton ZIP code 49970 serves southwestern areas of Covington Township.

## Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 196.3 square miles (508.5 km$^2$), of which 192.2 square miles (497.9 km$^2$) is land and 4.1 square miles (10.5 km$^2$), or 2.07%, is water.
King Lake and Worm Lake are located in Covington Township.

### Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Covington has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Covington was 95 °F (35.0 °C) on June 21, 2022, while the coldest temperature recorded was −27 °F (−32.8 °C) on February 1, 2019.
Climate data for Covington (Watton), Michigan, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2000–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 50 (10) | 63 (17) | 79 (26) | 84 (29) | 91 (33) | 95 (35) | 93 (34) | 93 (34) | 88 (31) | 84 (29) | 74 (23) | 53 (12) | 95 (35) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 38.8 (3.8) | 42.7 (5.9) | 57.9 (14.4) | 70.7 (21.5) | 83.3 (28.5) | 84.8 (29.3) | 87.4 (30.8) | 85.6 (29.8) | 80.6 (27.0) | 73.4 (23.0) | 58.3 (14.6) | 43.5 (6.4) | 88.4 (31.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 21.9 (−5.6) | 25.3 (−3.7) | 36.8 (2.7) | 49.1 (9.5) | 63.7 (17.6) | 72.0 (22.2) | 75.7 (24.3) | 74.4 (23.6) | 66.9 (19.4) | 53.1 (11.7) | 38.4 (3.6) | 27.4 (−2.6) | 50.4 (10.2) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 13.9 (−10.1) | 16.1 (−8.8) | 25.4 (−3.7) | 37.9 (3.3) | 51.4 (10.8) | 60.5 (15.8) | 64.4 (18.0) | 63.3 (17.4) | 56.1 (13.4) | 43.7 (6.5) | 31.4 (−0.3) | 20.0 (−6.7) | 40.3 (4.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 5.9 (−14.5) | 6.8 (−14.0) | 14.1 (−9.9) | 26.6 (−3.0) | 39.2 (4.0) | 49.0 (9.4) | 53.2 (11.8) | 52.1 (11.2) | 45.3 (7.4) | 34.3 (1.3) | 24.3 (−4.3) | 12.6 (−10.8) | 30.3 (−0.9) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −12.7 (−24.8) | −14.8 (−26.0) | −10.8 (−23.8) | 10.1 (−12.2) | 24.9 (−3.9) | 32.4 (0.2) | 41.3 (5.2) | 39.5 (4.2) | 31.0 (−0.6) | 21.6 (−5.8) | 8.1 (−13.3) | −5.4 (−20.8) | −17.8 (−27.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −26 (−32) | −27 (−33) | −22 (−30) | −3 (−19) | 19 (−7) | 27 (−3) | 34 (1) | 34 (1) | 26 (−3) | 14 (−10) | −8 (−22) | −19 (−28) | −27 (−33) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.72 (44) | 1.41 (36) | 1.53 (39) | 3.20 (81) | 3.02 (77) | 3.42 (87) | 3.60 (91) | 2.98 (76) | 3.53 (90) | 3.36 (85) | 2.45 (62) | 1.72 (44) | 31.94 (812) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 24.8 (63) | 20.9 (53) | 13.6 (35) | 15.6 (40) | 1.0 (2.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 3.8 (9.7) | 16.9 (43) | 24.7 (63) | 121.3 (309.2) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 18.7 (47) | 23.5 (60) | 23.4 (59) | 12.9 (33) | 1.3 (3.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.4 (3.6) | 7.2 (18) | 11.7 (30) | 25.9 (66) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 19.7 | 15.6 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 19.2 | 171.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 19.5 | 16.0 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 12.3 | 17.9 | 86.6 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima, snow depth 2006–2020) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

At the 2020 census, it had a population of 375.