Hurley, Wisconsin climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hurley's normal year runs from 3°F January nights to 77°F July afternoons, with 37.4 inches of precipitation and 155 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 4.7°C, January lows of −16°C, July highs of 25°C, 949 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHurley
- Station IDUSC00473800
- Location46.46°N 90.20°W
- Elevation1,444 ft (440 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population1,610
On October 22, the normal high in Hurley is 50°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 41%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hurley.
- Jan 20° 3°
- Feb 25° 4°
- Mar 36° 15°
- Apr 49° 28°
- May 64° 41°
- Jun 73° 51°
- Jul 77° 56°
- Aug 76° 54°
- Sep 67° 47°
- Oct 53° 34°
- Nov 38° 23°
- Dec 26° 11°
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 Hurley each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 77°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 3°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.07 in), the least in February (1.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°F | 3°F | 11.8°F | 2.31 | 38.8 | 14 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 25°F | 4°F | 14.6°F | 1.69 | 26.2 | 10 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 36°F | 15°F | 25.4°F | 1.96 | 18.2 | 9 | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 49°F | 28°F | 38.4°F | 2.90 | 9.4 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 41°F | 52.3°F | 3.56 | 1.4 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 15 h |
| June | 73°F | 51°F | 62.2°F | 3.81 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 77°F | 56°F | 66.5°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 76°F | 54°F | 64.8°F | 3.72 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 67°F | 47°F | 56.9°F | 3.76 | 0.2 | 12 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 53°F | 34°F | 43.7°F | 3.94 | 4.6 | 13 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| November | 38°F | 23°F | 30.2°F | 3.03 | 21.5 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 26°F | 11°F | 18.3°F | 2.61 | 34.7 | 13 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 50°F | 31°F | 40.4°F | 37.36 | 155.0 | 136 | 3 | 185 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6°C | −16°C | −11.2°C | 59 mm | 99 cm |
| February | −4°C | −15°C | −9.7°C | 43 mm | 67 cm |
| March | 2°C | −10°C | −3.7°C | 50 mm | 46 cm |
| April | 9°C | −2°C | 3.6°C | 74 mm | 24 cm |
| May | 18°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 90 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23°C | 11°C | 16.8°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20°C | 8°C | 13.8°C | 96 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 12°C | 1°C | 6.5°C | 100 mm | 12 cm |
| November | 3°C | −5°C | −1.0°C | 77 mm | 55 cm |
| December | −4°C | −12°C | −7.6°C | 66 mm | 88 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00473800; 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 Hurley?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00473800.
When is the last frost in Hurley?
In Hurley, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 24 in half of years and after June 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 28 in half of years and before September 13 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 241 year in 10 after June 7; 9 in 10 after May 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 281 year in 10 before September 13; 9 in 10 before October 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 128 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 151 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 8 in half of springs and before October 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hurley in zone 4b in ZIP code 54525, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hurley's NOAA station is in zone 4b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −23°F (28 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Wisconsin · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00473800; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 Hurley?
In a normal year in Hurley, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 185 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 136 days bring measurable precipitation.
- 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
- 185a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 98high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 136a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 48a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1987) is 98°F, on July 31, 1999; the lowest is −36°F, on February 3, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 56.54 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 295.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00473800; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00473800. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hurley?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hurley, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (52%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 59% | 1.3 |
| February | 66% | 2.3 |
| March | 68% | 3.5 |
| April | 67% | 4.5 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 72% | 5.9 |
| July | 78% | 6.2 |
| August | 76% | 5.1 |
| September | 72% | 3.8 |
| October | 63% | 2.4 |
| November | 58% | 1.4 |
| December | 52% | 1.0 |
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 Hurley need?
A normal year in Hurley brings 9,205 heating degree days, 71% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 285 cooling degree days, 69% 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 1,829 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,651 | 0 |
| February | 1,411 | 0 |
| March | 1,228 | 0 |
| April | 798 | 0 |
| May | 408 | 14 |
| June | 142 | 58 |
| July | 62 | 108 |
| August | 81 | 77 |
| September | 270 | 26 |
| October | 663 | 1 |
| November | 1,044 | 0 |
| December | 1,448 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,205 | 285 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00473800. 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 Hurley been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 42.8°F, 2.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 40.4°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41.9°F | +1.5°F | 29.43 | 71.0 |
| 2022 | 38.6°F | −1.8°F | 39.33 | 155.0 |
| 2023 | 42.3°F | +1.9°F | 33.36 | 119.5 |
| 2024 | 43.9°F | +3.5°F | 32.24 | 74.7 |
| 2025 | 42.8°F | +2.4°F | 38.16 | 128.0 |
Over 30 complete years from 1988 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 7.6°F per century (+0.42°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00473800; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hurley's climate compare?
Hurley is warmer than 4 of the other 164 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 130. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 40.4°F is warmer than 6%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hurley 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 Hurley share this climate record?
3 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.
- Bessemer, MI1,780 people · 7 mi E
- Wakefield, MI1,674 people · 12 mi E
- Ramsay, MI182 people · 9 mi E
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 Hurley's climate
What is the coldest month in Hurley?
January, with a normal high of 20°F and a normal low of 3°F. The warmest is July (77°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Hurley?
Yes: 155 inches in a normal year, falling on 52 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (38.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hurley?
July, with 4.07 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hurley in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hurley in zone 4b in ZIP code 54525, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hurley's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −23°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 4b.
How late can frost come in Hurley?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 24; in one year in ten it comes after June 7. Waiting until June 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wisconsin climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ironwood, MI2 miles from this station, 40.2°F a year
- Saxon, WI12 miles from this station, 41.3°F a year
- Mellen, WI22 miles from this station, 40.4°F a year
- Rest Lake, WI28 miles from this station, 39.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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