Menomonie, Wisconsin climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Menomonie's normal year runs from 5°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 34.2 inches of precipitation and 41 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.8°C, January lows of −15°C, July highs of 28°C, 868 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMenomonie
- Station IDUSC00475335
- Location44.87°N 91.94°W
- Elevation780 ft (238 m)
- Population16,709
On October 23, the normal high in Menomonie is 56°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Menomonie.
- Jan 24° 5°
- Feb 29° 7°
- Mar 42° 19°
- Apr 56° 32°
- May 68° 44°
- Jun 78° 55°
- Jul 82° 59°
- Aug 80° 57°
- Sep 72° 48°
- Oct 59° 36°
- Nov 43° 24°
- Dec 29° 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 Menomonie each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 5°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.14 in), the least in January (0.94 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 5°F | 14.3°F | 0.94 | 9.7 | 8 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 29°F | 7°F | 18.3°F | 1.08 | 11.0 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 42°F | 19°F | 30.6°F | 1.97 | 7.3 | 8 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 32°F | 44.3°F | 2.96 | 2.4 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 56.3°F | 4.53 | 0.5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 78°F | 55°F | 66.3°F | 5.14 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 82°F | 59°F | 70.6°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 80°F | 57°F | 68.3°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 72°F | 48°F | 60.2°F | 3.63 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 59°F | 36°F | 47.5°F | 2.74 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| November | 43°F | 24°F | 33.1°F | 1.82 | 3.5 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 29°F | 12°F | 20.6°F | 1.34 | 6.3 | 9 | <1 | 29 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 33°F | 44.2°F | 34.19 | 40.9 | 117 | 8 | 163 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4°C | −15°C | −9.8°C | 24 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −1°C | −14°C | −7.6°C | 27 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5°C | −7°C | −0.8°C | 50 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 14°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 75 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 20°C | 7°C | 13.5°C | 115 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 2°C | 8.6°C | 70 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6°C | −5°C | 0.6°C | 46 mm | 9 cm |
| December | −2°C | −11°C | −6.3°C | 34 mm | 16 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00475335; 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 Menomonie?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, 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 USC00475335.
When is the last frost in Menomonie?
In Menomonie, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after May 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 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 91 year in 10 after May 24; 9 in 10 after April 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 19; 9 in 10 before October 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 143 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 164 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Menomonie in zone 4b in ZIP code 54751, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Menomonie's NOAA station is in zone 4b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (30 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 USC00475335; 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 Menomonie?
In a normal year in Menomonie, 8 days a year reach 90°F, 163 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 117 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 163a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 66high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 117a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 16a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1957) is 101°F, on August 3, 1964; the lowest is −40°F, on February 3, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2014, with 46.28 in; the snowiest season is 2018–19, with 94.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00475335; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00475335. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Menomonie?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Menomonie, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 1.8 |
| February | 77% | 2.9 |
| March | 74% | 4.0 |
| April | 68% | 4.6 |
| May | 69% | 5.5 |
| June | 74% | 6.0 |
| July | 80% | 6.3 |
| August | 78% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.1 |
| October | 67% | 2.7 |
| November | 65% | 1.7 |
| December | 62% | 1.3 |
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 Menomonie need?
A normal year in Menomonie brings 8,036 heating degree days, 50% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 498 cooling degree days, 45% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,395 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,573 | 0 |
| February | 1,306 | 0 |
| March | 1,066 | 0 |
| April | 622 | 2 |
| May | 291 | 21 |
| June | 64 | 104 |
| July | 14 | 188 |
| August | 32 | 134 |
| September | 189 | 45 |
| October | 547 | 3 |
| November | 956 | 0 |
| December | 1,376 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,036 | 498 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00475335. 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 Menomonie been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 44.3°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 44.2°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.3°F | +2.1°F | 34.06 | 36.7 |
| 2023 | 46.4°F | +2.1°F | 37.37 | 47.5 |
| 2024 | 47.5°F | +3.3°F | 33.80 | 23.3 |
| 2025 | 44.3°F | +0.1°F | 35.02 | 37.1 |
Over 59 complete years from 1960 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.5°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 USC00475335; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Menomonie's climate compare?
Menomonie is warmer than 58 of the other 164 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 69. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.2°F is warmer than 16%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Menomonie 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 Menomonie share this climate record?
5 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.
- Tainter Lake, WI2,753 people · 9 mi NE
- Boyceville, WI1,094 people · 13 mi NW
- Elmwood, WI813 people · 12 mi SW
- Knapp, WI489 people · 9 mi NW
- Downsville, WI268 people · 7 mi S
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 Menomonie's climate
What is the coldest month in Menomonie?
January, with a normal high of 24°F and a normal low of 5°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Menomonie?
Yes: 41 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (11.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Menomonie?
June, with 5.14 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.94 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Menomonie in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Menomonie in zone 4b in ZIP code 54751, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Menomonie's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 4b.
How late can frost come in Menomonie?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after May 24. Waiting until May 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wisconsin climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Durand, WI18 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- Eau Claire, WI22 miles from this station, 44.7°F a year
- Baldwin, WI23 miles from this station, 42.6°F a year
- Ridgeland, WI24 miles from this station, 42.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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