Neillsville, Wisconsin climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Neillsville's normal year runs from 5°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 35.5 inches of precipitation and 44 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.4°C, January lows of −15°C, July highs of 27°C, 902 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNeillsville (3 mi ESE)
- Station IDUSC00475808
- Location44.54°N 90.53°W
- Elevation1,080 ft (329 m)
- Population2,375
On October 23, the normal high in Neillsville is 54°F and the normal low 34°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Neillsville.
- Jan 24° 5°
- Feb 29° 8°
- Mar 41° 20°
- Apr 55° 32°
- May 68° 44°
- Jun 77° 54°
- Jul 80° 58°
- Aug 78° 56°
- Sep 71° 47°
- Oct 58° 36°
- Nov 42° 24°
- Dec 29° 13°
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 Neillsville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 5°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.34 in), the least in February (1.08 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 5°F | 14.4°F | 1.11 | 9.1 | 7 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 29°F | 8°F | 18.4°F | 1.08 | 9.4 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 41°F | 20°F | 30.4°F | 1.74 | 7.7 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 32°F | 43.6°F | 3.26 | 2.7 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 55.7°F | 4.45 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 77°F | 54°F | 65.2°F | 5.34 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 80°F | 58°F | 69.0°F | 3.85 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 78°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 4.36 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 71°F | 47°F | 59.1°F | 4.01 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 58°F | 36°F | 46.8°F | 3.08 | 0.4 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| November | 42°F | 24°F | 33.1°F | 1.80 | 3.4 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 29°F | 13°F | 20.8°F | 1.44 | 10.9 | 8 | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 33°F | 43.6°F | 35.52 | 43.6 | 112 | 5 | 177 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −15°C | −9.8°C | 28 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −2°C | −13°C | −7.6°C | 27 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 5°C | −7°C | −0.9°C | 44 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 83 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 20°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 8°C | 15.1°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 2°C | 8.2°C | 78 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5°C | −4°C | 0.6°C | 46 mm | 9 cm |
| December | −2°C | −11°C | −6.2°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00475808; 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 Neillsville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, July 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 USC00475808.
When is the last frost in Neillsville?
In Neillsville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 10 in half of years and after May 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 18 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 101 year in 10 after May 25; 9 in 10 after April 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 18; 9 in 10 before October 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 144 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 163 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 Neillsville in zone 4b in ZIP code 54456, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Neillsville'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 USC00475808; 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 Neillsville?
In a normal year in Neillsville, 5 days a year reach 90°F, 177 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 112 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 177a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 72high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 112a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 17a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 106°F, on July 24, 1901; the lowest is −48°F, on January 30, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2016, with 45.40 in; the snowiest season is 1951–52, with 71.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00475808; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00475808. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Neillsville?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Neillsville, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (61%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 1.8 |
| February | 78% | 3.0 |
| March | 75% | 4.0 |
| April | 67% | 4.6 |
| May | 69% | 5.5 |
| June | 73% | 6.0 |
| July | 79% | 6.2 |
| August | 77% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.1 |
| October | 67% | 2.6 |
| November | 65% | 1.7 |
| December | 61% | 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 Neillsville need?
A normal year in Neillsville brings 8,143 heating degree days, 52% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 396 cooling degree days, 56% 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 2,213 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,567 | 0 |
| February | 1,303 | 0 |
| March | 1,073 | 0 |
| April | 642 | 1 |
| May | 306 | 19 |
| June | 77 | 85 |
| July | 25 | 149 |
| August | 47 | 105 |
| September | 212 | 33 |
| October | 565 | 3 |
| November | 956 | 0 |
| December | 1,370 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,143 | 396 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00475808. 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 Neillsville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 44.5°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 43.6°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.0°F | +2.4°F | 37.88 | – |
| 2022 | 42.7°F | −0.9°F | – | – |
| 2023 | 46.6°F | +3.0°F | 39.06 | – |
| 2024 | 47.5°F | +3.9°F | 38.24 | – |
| 2025 | 44.5°F | +0.9°F | 37.71 | – |
Over 95 complete years from 1900 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00475808; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Neillsville's climate compare?
Neillsville is warmer than 47 of the other 164 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 97. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 43.6°F is warmer than 14%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Neillsville 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 Neillsville share this climate record?
6 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.
- Loyal, WI1,187 people · 14 mi N
- Merrillan, WI549 people · 16 mi W
- Granton, WI370 people · 5 mi NE
- Mission, WI365 people · 17 mi SW
- Sand Pillow, WI206 people · 18 mi SW
- Hatfield, WI194 people · 14 mi SW
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 Neillsville's climate
What is the coldest month in Neillsville?
January, with a normal high of 24°F and a normal low of 5°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Neillsville?
Yes: 44 inches in a normal year, falling on 24 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (10.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Neillsville?
June, with 5.34 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.08 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Neillsville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Neillsville in zone 4b in ZIP code 54456, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Neillsville'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 Neillsville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 10; in one year in ten it comes after May 25. Waiting until May 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wisconsin climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Marshfield, WI19 miles from this station, 43.7°F a year
- Mather (3 mi NW), WI27 miles from this station, 43.9°F a year
- Owen, WI28 miles from this station, 41.7°F a year
- Augusta, WI31 miles from this station, 43.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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