Paddock Lake, Wisconsin climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Paddock Lake's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 37.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.6°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 28°C, 953 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPaddock Lake
- Station IDUSC00476380
- Location42.58°N 88.09°W
- Elevation775 ft (236 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population2,949
On October 23, the normal high in Paddock Lake is 58°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Paddock Lake.
- Jan 29° 13°
- Feb 33° 16°
- Mar 44° 25°
- Apr 56° 35°
- May 68° 46°
- Jun 78° 56°
- Jul 83° 61°
- Aug 80° 59°
- Sep 74° 51°
- Oct 61° 40°
- Nov 46° 29°
- Dec 35° 20°
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 Paddock Lake each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.38 in), the least in January (1.73 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°F | 13°F | 20.8°F | 1.73 | 10 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 33°F | 16°F | 24.3°F | 2.16 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 44°F | 25°F | 34.5°F | 2.41 | 9 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 35°F | 45.4°F | 4.28 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 46°F | 57.0°F | 4.38 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 78°F | 56°F | 67.0°F | 4.26 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 83°F | 61°F | 71.6°F | 3.49 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 80°F | 59°F | 69.9°F | 3.56 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 74°F | 51°F | 62.4°F | 3.62 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 40°F | 50.6°F | 3.05 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 29°F | 37.8°F | 2.56 | 9 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 20°F | 27.2°F | 2.03 | 11 | <1 | 28 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 38°F | 47.4°F | 37.53 | 121 | 11 | 146 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −11°C | −6.2°C | 44 mm |
| February | 0°C | −9°C | −4.3°C | 55 mm |
| March | 7°C | −4°C | 1.4°C | 61 mm |
| April | 13°C | 2°C | 7.4°C | 109 mm |
| May | 20°C | 8°C | 13.9°C | 111 mm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 108 mm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 22.0°C | 89 mm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 21.1°C | 90 mm |
| September | 23°C | 11°C | 16.9°C | 92 mm |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 10.3°C | 77 mm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 3.2°C | 65 mm |
| December | 2°C | −7°C | −2.7°C | 52 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Union Grove (8 miles away), gets 41 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00476380; 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 Paddock Lake?
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 (9).
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 USC00476380.
When is the last frost in Paddock Lake?
In Paddock Lake, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before September 30 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
- April 301 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before September 30; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 167 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 190 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paddock Lake in zone 5b in ZIP code 53168, 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 USC00476380; 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 Paddock Lake?
In a normal year in Paddock Lake, 11 days a year reach 90°F, 146 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 146a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 58high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00476380.
How sunny is Paddock Lake?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Paddock Lake, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (61%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 63% | 1.7 |
| February | 67% | 2.6 |
| March | 67% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 76% | 6.1 |
| July | 80% | 6.3 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 4.3 |
| October | 69% | 2.8 |
| November | 66% | 1.9 |
| December | 61% | 1.4 |
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 Paddock Lake need?
A normal year in Paddock Lake brings 6,996 heating degree days, 30% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 608 cooling degree days, 33% 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 2,634 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,368 | 0 |
| February | 1,140 | 0 |
| March | 948 | 1 |
| April | 590 | 2 |
| May | 278 | 32 |
| June | 61 | 123 |
| July | 13 | 217 |
| August | 16 | 166 |
| September | 139 | 62 |
| October | 454 | 6 |
| November | 818 | 0 |
| December | 1,172 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,996 | 608 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00476380. 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 Paddock Lake been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 47.4°F, equal to the 1991-2020 normal of 47.4°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 49.4°F | +2.0°F | 32.76 |
| 2024 | 50.7°F | +3.3°F | 35.16 |
| 2025 | 47.4°F | at normal | 26.83 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00476380. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Paddock Lake's climate compare?
Paddock Lake is warmer than 149 of the other 164 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 136. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.4°F is warmer than 29%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Paddock Lake 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 Paddock Lake share this climate record?
4 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.
- Long Lake, IL3,219 people · 15 mi S
- Fox Lake Hills, IL2,304 people · 12 mi S
- Channel Lake, IL1,988 people · 7 mi SW
- Lake Catherine, IL1,091 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 Paddock Lake's climate
What is the coldest month in Paddock Lake?
January, with a normal high of 29°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Paddock Lake?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Paddock Lake's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Union Grove (8 miles away), records 41 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Paddock Lake?
May, with 4.38 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.73 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Paddock Lake in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Paddock Lake in zone 5b in ZIP code 53168, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Paddock Lake?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wisconsin climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Antioch, IL7 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Kenosha, WI8 miles from this station, 49.2°F a year
- Union Grove, WI8 miles from this station, 46.4°F a year
- Burlington, WI10 miles from this station, 46.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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