Pell Lake, Wisconsin climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Pell Lake's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 36.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.3°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 28°C, 928 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPell Lake
- Station IDUSC00476420
- Location42.53°N 88.33°W
- Elevation840 ft (256 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Pell Lake is 58°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 36%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pell Lake.
- Jan 29° 13°
- Feb 33° 14°
- Mar 44° 25°
- Apr 57° 35°
- May 69° 46°
- Jun 78° 56°
- Jul 82° 59°
- Aug 80° 57°
- Sep 73° 50°
- Oct 61° 39°
- 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 at Pell Lake each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.73 in), the least in February (1.50 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°F | 13°F | 20.8°F | 1.71 | 9 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 33°F | 14°F | 23.4°F | 1.50 | 10 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 44°F | 25°F | 34.7°F | 2.20 | 9 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 35°F | 45.9°F | 3.36 | 12 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 57.1°F | 4.28 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 78°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 4.73 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 82°F | 59°F | 70.6°F | 4.39 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 80°F | 57°F | 68.6°F | 3.88 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 73°F | 50°F | 61.7°F | 3.64 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 39°F | 50.0°F | 2.89 | 11 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 29°F | 37.5°F | 2.33 | 9 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 20°F | 27.3°F | 1.64 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 37°F | 47.0°F | 36.55 | 125 | 9 | 149 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −11°C | −6.2°C | 43 mm |
| February | 0°C | −10°C | −4.8°C | 38 mm |
| March | 7°C | −4°C | 1.5°C | 56 mm |
| April | 14°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 85 mm |
| May | 20°C | 8°C | 13.9°C | 109 mm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 120 mm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 112 mm |
| August | 27°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 99 mm |
| September | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 92 mm |
| October | 16°C | 4°C | 10.0°C | 73 mm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 3.1°C | 59 mm |
| December | 2°C | −7°C | −2.6°C | 42 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Lake Geneva (7 miles away), gets 40 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00476420; 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.
Which months are mildest at Pell Lake?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September 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 USC00476420.
When is the last frost at Pell Lake?
In Pell 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 13 in half of years and before September 28 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 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 131 year in 10 before September 28; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 164 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 188 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pell Lake in zone 5b in ZIP code 53128, 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 USC00476420; 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 at Pell Lake?
In a normal year in Pell Lake, 9 days a year reach 90°F, 149 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 149a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 49high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 125a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00476420.
How sunny is it at Pell Lake?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Pell 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Pell Lake record?
A normal year at Pell Lake brings 7,047 heating degree days, 31% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 537 cooling degree days, 41% 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 2,533 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,370 | 0 |
| February | 1,163 | 0 |
| March | 941 | 1 |
| April | 574 | 1 |
| May | 275 | 32 |
| June | 58 | 115 |
| July | 16 | 188 |
| August | 30 | 140 |
| September | 156 | 56 |
| October | 471 | 4 |
| November | 825 | 0 |
| December | 1,169 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,047 | 537 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00476420. 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.
Have recent years at Pell Lake been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 47.0°F, equal to the 1991-2020 normal of 47.0°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.0°F | +1.0°F | 24.54 |
| 2022 | 45.9°F | −1.1°F | 32.59 |
| 2023 | 48.6°F | +1.6°F | 35.04 |
| 2024 | 49.9°F | +2.9°F | 39.47 |
| 2025 | 47.0°F | at normal | 28.84 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00476420. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pell Lake's climate compare?
Pell Lake is warmer than 138 of the 165 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 120. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.0°F is warmer than 28%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pell 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 Pell Lake share this climate record?
16 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.
- Fox Lake, IL10,925 people · 10 mi SE
- Johnsburg, IL6,428 people · 11 mi SE
- Spring Grove, IL5,554 people · 7 mi SE
- Wonder Lake, IL5,296 people · 10 mi S
- Bloomfield, WI4,766 people · 2 mi NW
- Pistakee Highlands, IL3,214 people · 11 mi SE
- Genoa City, WI2,903 people · 2 mi S
- Richmond, IL2,123 people · 5 mi S
- Hebron, IL1,396 people · 7 mi SW
- McCullom Lake, IL968 people · 11 mi S
- Ringwood, IL837 people · 9 mi S
- Lake Ivanhoe, WI764 people · 3 mi N
- Greenwood, IL316 people · 10 mi S
- Solon Mills, IL140 people · 7 mi SE
- Hartland, IL114 people · 15 mi SW
- Alden, IL36 people · 11 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 Pell Lake's climate
What is the coldest month at Pell Lake?
January, with a normal high of 29°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow at Pell Lake?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Lake Geneva (7 miles away), records 40 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Pell Lake?
June, with 4.73 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.50 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pell Lake in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pell Lake in zone 5b in ZIP code 53128, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Pell 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
- Lake Geneva, WI7 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Burlington, WI9 miles from this station, 46.1°F a year
- Antioch, IL12 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Paddock Lake, WI13 miles from this station, 47.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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