Ladysmith, WI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ladysmith's primary NOAA station, LADYSMITH 3W.
The climate verdict for Ladysmith
Ladysmith, Wisconsin has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 42°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 35.8"
- annual precipitation · 52" snow
- 118 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Ladysmith: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00474391 · Ladysmith, WI 42°F mean · 35.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #549
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tupper Lake Sun…
- PRCP-MID 35.8"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,746 HDD
- STN-1 USC00474391
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Tupper Lake Sunmount, NY (+ 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.
- Ladysmith (this station) 42°F
- Hot Tupper Lake Sun…, NY 42°F
- Cold Berlin, NH 41°F
- Near Sebec Lake, ME 41°F
- Near Garden Corners, MI 41°F
Climate Living Index · Ladysmith
Ladysmith: 28/100 · grade F
Ladysmith publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ladysmith, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 35.8 in · 0.8 from 35 in | 94/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 52.1 inches/year | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 191 calendar days | 19/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.5°F · 26.0° from 67.5°F | 8/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 118 days/year | 6/100 · F |
Ladysmith · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ladysmith is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 13.4°F and warmest-month mean 65.7°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
- 65.7°F
- Coldest month
- 13.4°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 Ladysmith sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ladysmith's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 92%
- Among 6,861 stations, Ladysmith sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 49th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ladysmith is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ladysmith compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ladysmith's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 25°F (-4°C) | 2°F (-17°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 1.1" | 9.2" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 30°F (-1°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 1.0" | 11.7" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 41°F (5°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.7" | 6.7" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.1" | 5.5" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.2" | 1.3" | 8.9 | 0.2 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| October | 56°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.8" | 0.7" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 40°F (4°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 2.0" | 4.8" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 29°F (-1°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 1.6" | 12.2" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 191 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 1°F near January 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 26, then returns to freezing around October 19, covering 191 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 June 1, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 3 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 114 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ladysmith.
Where Ladysmith Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 191 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Ladysmith 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: 9.2"
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.7"
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.7"
7.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
10.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
10.9 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.8"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.2"
9.7 days with precipitation
Ladysmith runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Ladysmith'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 52.3°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, August, taking 38% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 1.0".
- Winter share: 11% 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 Ladysmith's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 114 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 35.8" 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 Ladysmith
Ladysmith averages 52.1 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 21 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: 52.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 21 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 15% 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
September 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
118 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,746
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
204
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WI closest to Ladysmith 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 (42°F here).
- Forman, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Gloversville, NY 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Hebron, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Lima, MT 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (35.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dakota City, IA 35.8" · 0.0" off
- Emporia, KS 35.8" · 0.0" off
- Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 35.8" · 0.0" off
- Sault Ste Marie, MI 35.8" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Ladysmith
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Ladysmith's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,746 annual heating degree days against 204 for cooling. Its 52.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 118 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.
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1. Ladysmith coldest normal
January
Averaging 13°F (-10°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Ladysmith typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Ladysmith snow peak
December
Ladysmith averages 52.1 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Ladysmith's primary station: LADYSMITH 3W (USC00474391). 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 5540850). Match rule for Ladysmith: 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 Ladysmith 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.