Augusta Ranger Station, WI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Augusta Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, AUGUSTA RS.
The climate verdict for Augusta Ranger Station
Winter sets the terms in Augusta Ranger Station, Wisconsin. A pronounced 57.3°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 43°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 43°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 34.5"
- annual precipitation
- 147 days
- frost-free growing season
Augusta Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00470382 · Augusta Ranger Station, WI 43°F mean · 34.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #892
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Buffalo
- PRCP-MID 34.5"
- SWING-WIDE 57°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,313 HDD
- STN-1 USC00470382
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Buffalo, SD ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WI station list.
- Hot Collegeville St…, MN 44°F
- Near Amery, WI 44°F
- Augusta Ranger… (this station) 43°F
- Cold Buffalo, SD 43°F
- Near Medora, ND 43°F
Climate Living Index · Augusta Ranger Station
Augusta Ranger Station: 37/100 · grade F
Augusta Ranger Station publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Augusta Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 34.5 in · 0.5 from 35 in | 95/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 172 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 147 days/year | 23/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.4°F · 24.1° from 67.5°F | 14/100 · F |
Augusta Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Augusta Ranger Station is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 13.0°F and warmest-month mean 70.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 70.3°F
- Coldest month
- 13.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Augusta Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Augusta Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 87%
- Among 6,861 stations, Augusta Ranger Station sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 47th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 95%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Augusta Ranger Station is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Augusta Ranger Station compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Augusta Ranger Station's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°F (-5°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 1.0" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 27°F (-3°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 1.1" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (4°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.7" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 3.1" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.3" | 2.5 | 0.4 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.1" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.6" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.8" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 28°F (-2°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 1.4" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 172 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 3°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 13, then returns to freezing around October 25, covering 172 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
July 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Augusta Ranger Station.
Where Augusta Ranger Station Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Augusta Ranger Station earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Augusta Ranger Station runs a summer-peaked wet season
40% of Augusta Ranger Station's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 5.1", on a wide 57.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, August, May, taking 40% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 1.0".
- Winter share: 10% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
147 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,313
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
475
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WI closest to Augusta Ranger Station on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (43°F here).
- Ashton, ID 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Atlanta, MI 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Buffalo, WY 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Minot, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (34.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Burton, MI 34.5" · 0.0" off
- Whitmore Lake, MI 34.5" · 0.0" off
- Alma, MI 34.5" · 0.0" off
- Wells, MN 34.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Augusta Ranger Station's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Augusta Ranger Station logs 8,313 heating degree days, more than twice its 475 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 57.3°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 147 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
Augusta Ranger Station's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 57.3°F between them. The annual average is 43°F. That average is context, while the monthly highs, lows, and precipitation totals describe the lived parts of the year.
Augusta Ranger Station's 34.5 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Augusta Ranger Station's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Augusta Ranger Station, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Augusta Ranger Station's primary station: AUGUSTA RS (USC00470382). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Augusta Ranger Station; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Augusta Ranger Station comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.