Cashton, 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 Cashton's primary NOAA station, CASHTON - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Cashton
Cashton, Wisconsin has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 46°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 46°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 35.0"
- annual precipitation · 55" snow
- 170 days
- frost-free growing season
Cashton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00471280 · Cashton, WI 46°F mean · 35.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,647
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Humboldt Wtp
- PRCP-MID 35.0"
- SWING-WIDE 54°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,409 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00471280
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Humboldt Wtp, IA (+ 0 °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.
- Cashton (this station) 46°F
- Hot Camp Crook, SD 46°F
- Near Humboldt Wtp, IA 46°F
- Near Manchester, IA 46°F
- Near Gordon, NE 46°F
Climate Living Index · Cashton
Cashton: 45/100 · grade D
Cashton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cashton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 35.0 in · 0.0 from 35 in | 96/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 149 calendar days | 47/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 170 days/year | 42/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.2°F · 21.3° from 67.5°F | 24/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 54.5 inches/year | 18/100 · F |
Cashton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cashton is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 17.3°F and warmest-month mean 71.6°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
- 71.6°F
- Coldest month
- 17.3°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 Cashton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cashton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 76%
- Among 6,861 stations, Cashton sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 48th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Cashton is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cashton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cashton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F (-5°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 1.1" | 15.4" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 0.9" | 11.5" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 41°F (5°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.5" | 9.9" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.5" | 3.8" | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 4.4" | 0.1" | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.1" | 0.2" | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.9" | 5.4" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 29°F (-1°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.3" | 8.2" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 149 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 3, then returns to freezing around November 7, covering 149 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 26, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 10 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 115 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 30 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cashton.
Where Cashton Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Cashton 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 and snowfall
Snow: 15.4"
8.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.5"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.9"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
13.2 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
9.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
8.4 days with precipitation
Cashton runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Cashton'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 4.7", on a wide 54.3°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, July, May, taking 39% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.9".
- Winter share: 9% 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.
How Cashton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 114 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 35.0" between them, or roughly 0.31 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Cashton
Cashton averages 54.5 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 31 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 54.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 31 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 16% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
170 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,409
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
612
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WI closest to Cashton 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 (46°F here).
- Clarence, PA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Eureka, NV 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Fremont, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Malta, ID 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (35.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Benton Harbor, MI 35.0" · 0.0" off
- Audubon, IA 35.0" · 0.0" off
- Carleton, MI 35.0" · 0.0" off
- Dearborn, MI 35.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Cashton
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Cashton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,409 annual heating degree days against 612 for cooling. Its 54.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Cashton's frost-free season lasts about 170 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Cashton coldest normal
January
Averaging 17°F (-8°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Cashton typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Cashton snow peak
January
Cashton averages 54.5 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Cashton's primary station: CASHTON (USC00471280). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Cashton area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 5512950). Match rule for Cashton: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Cashton 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.