Holcombe, Wisconsin climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Holcombe's normal year runs from 2°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 33.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.9°C, January lows of −16°C, July highs of 26°C, 847 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHolcombe
- Station IDUSC00473698
- Location45.22°N 91.13°W
- Elevation1,057 ft (322 m)
- Population (census place)244
On October 23, the normal high in Holcombe is 53°F and the normal low 33°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Holcombe.
- Jan 22° 2°
- Feb 28° 6°
- Mar 39° 18°
- Apr 54° 32°
- May 66° 45°
- Jun 75° 54°
- Jul 80° 59°
- Aug 77° 56°
- Sep 70° 48°
- Oct 56° 36°
- Nov 40° 24°
- Dec 28° 12°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Holcombe each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 2°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.71 in), the least in February (1.02 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°F | 2°F | 12.3°F | 1.03 | – | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 28°F | 6°F | 16.5°F | 1.02 | – | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 39°F | 18°F | 28.7°F | 1.72 | – | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 32°F | 42.9°F | 3.01 | – | <1 | 16 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 66°F | 45°F | 55.3°F | 3.86 | – | <1 | 2 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 75°F | 54°F | 64.7°F | 4.71 | – | 1 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 80°F | 59°F | 69.1°F | 3.87 | – | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 77°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 4.26 | – | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 70°F | 48°F | 58.8°F | 3.67 | – | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 56°F | 36°F | 45.9°F | 3.04 | – | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| November | 40°F | 24°F | 31.9°F | 1.85 | – | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 28°F | 12°F | 19.7°F | 1.29 | – | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 53°F | 33°F | 42.7°F | 33.33 | – | 3 | 173 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −16°C | −10.9°C | 26 mm |
| February | −2°C | −15°C | −8.6°C | 26 mm |
| March | 4°C | −8°C | −1.8°C | 44 mm |
| April | 12°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 76 mm |
| May | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 98 mm |
| June | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 120 mm |
| July | 26°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 98 mm |
| August | 25°C | 14°C | 19.4°C | 108 mm |
| September | 21°C | 9°C | 14.9°C | 93 mm |
| October | 13°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 77 mm |
| November | 4°C | −5°C | −0.1°C | 47 mm |
| December | −2°C | −11°C | −6.8°C | 33 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Ladysmith (17 miles away), gets 52 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00473698; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Holcombe?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September.
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00473698.
When is the last frost in Holcombe?
In Holcombe, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 5 in half of years and after May 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 2 in half of years and before September 19 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 51 year in 10 after May 21; 9 in 10 after April 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 21 year in 10 before September 19; 9 in 10 before October 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 149 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 172 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 24 in half of springs and before October 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holcombe in zone 4b in ZIP code 54745, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Wisconsin · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00473698; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Holcombe?
In a normal year in Holcombe, 3 days a year reach 90°F and 173 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 173a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 77high of 32°F or less
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1942) is 100°F, on August 2, 1964; the lowest is −44°F, on January 9, 1977.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1968, with 48.04 in; the snowiest season is 1968–69, with 78.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00473698; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00473698. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Holcombe?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Holcombe, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (57%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 1.7 |
| February | 76% | 2.8 |
| March | 73% | 3.9 |
| April | 68% | 4.6 |
| May | 68% | 5.4 |
| June | 73% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 6.2 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.0 |
| October | 66% | 2.5 |
| November | 62% | 1.6 |
| December | 57% | 1.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Holcombe need?
A normal year in Holcombe brings 8,453 heating degree days, 57% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 376 cooling degree days, 59% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,152 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,634 | 0 |
| February | 1,357 | 0 |
| March | 1,125 | 0 |
| April | 663 | 0 |
| May | 314 | 15 |
| June | 84 | 75 |
| July | 21 | 150 |
| August | 44 | 103 |
| September | 219 | 31 |
| October | 593 | 2 |
| November | 995 | 0 |
| December | 1,406 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,453 | 376 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00473698. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Holcombe been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 47.2°F, 4.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 42.7°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45.0°F | +2.3°F | 32.24 |
| 2022 | 41.7°F | −1.0°F | 32.47 |
| 2023 | 45.8°F | +3.0°F | – |
| 2024 | 47.2°F | +4.5°F | 32.91 |
Over 49 complete years from 1949 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.4°F per century (+0.36°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00473698; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Holcombe's climate compare?
Holcombe is warmer than 36 of the other 164 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 45. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 42.7°F is warmer than 11%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Holcombe is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Holcombe share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Cornell, WI1,452 people · 4 mi S
- Sheldon, WI257 people · 10 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Holcombe's climate
What is the coldest month in Holcombe?
January, with a normal high of 22°F and a normal low of 2°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Holcombe?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Holcombe's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Ladysmith (17 miles away), records 52 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Holcombe?
June, with 4.71 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Holcombe in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Holcombe in zone 4b in ZIP code 54745, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Holcombe?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 5; in one year in ten it comes after May 21. Waiting until May 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wisconsin climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Jim Falls, WI14 miles from this station, 44.3°F a year
- Ladysmith, WI17 miles from this station, 41.5°F a year
- Bloomer, WI20 miles from this station, 43.3°F a year
- Jump River (3 mi E), WI21 miles from this station, 42.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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