Richland Ctr, WI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Richland Ctr's primary NOAA station, RICHLAND CTR.
The climate verdict for Richland Ctr
Richland Ctr, Wisconsin has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 46°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 46°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.5"
- annual precipitation · 40" snow
- 154 days
- frost-free growing season
Richland Ctr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00477158 · Richland Ctr, WI 46°F mean · 39.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,509
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gillette Campbe…
- PRCP-MID 39.5"
- SWING-WIDE 53°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,498 HDD
- STN-1 USC00477158
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Gillette Campbell, WY (+ 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.
- Richland Ctr (this station) 46°F
- Cold Green Bay, WI 46°F
- Hot Mazomanie Wwtp, WI 46°F
- Near Gillette Campbe…, WY 46°F
- Near Echeta, WY 46°F
Climate Living Index · Richland Ctr
Richland Ctr: 38/100 · grade F
Richland Ctr publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Richland Ctr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.5 in · 4.5 from 35 in | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 166 calendar days | 35/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 154 days/year | 28/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 40.4 inches/year | 27/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.8°F · 21.7° from 67.5°F | 22/100 · F |
Richland Ctr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Richland Ctr is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 17.5°F and warmest-month mean 70.8°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
- 70.8°F
- Coldest month
- 17.5°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 Richland Ctr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Richland Ctr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 78%
- Among 6,861 stations, Richland Ctr sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 57th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 89%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Richland Ctr is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Richland Ctr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Richland Ctr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 27°F (-3°C) | 8°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 1.3" | 11.3" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 1.1" | 9.8" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.0" | 5.0" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.1" | 1.1" | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 2.3 | 0.4 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.0" | 0.1" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.0" | 2.4" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 1.5" | 10.7" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 166 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 6°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around October 30, covering 166 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 May 8, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 12 at 27%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 120 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Richland Ctr.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 11.3"
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.0"
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
11.6 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
7.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.7"
9.6 days with precipitation
Richland Ctr runs a summer-peaked wet season
40% of Richland Ctr'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 6.0", on a wide 53.3°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 40% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 1.1".
- Winter share: 10% 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 Richland Ctr's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 120 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 39.5" between them, or roughly 0.33 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 Richland Ctr
Richland Ctr averages 40.4 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 25 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: 40.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 25 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 10% 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
October 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
154 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,498
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
522
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WI closest to Richland Ctr 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 (46°F here).
- Angelica, NY 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Cass City, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Flaming Gorge, UT 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Gardiner, ME 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hillsdale, MI 39.5" · 0.0" off
- Philo, OH 39.5" · 0.0" off
- Woodstock, VA 39.5" · 0.0" off
- Fayette, IA 39.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Richland Ctr
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Richland Ctr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,498 annual heating degree days against 522 for cooling. Its 53.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Richland Ctr's frost-free season lasts about 154 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Richland Ctr coldest normal
January
Averaging 18°F (-8°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Richland Ctr typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Richland Ctr snow peak
January
Richland Ctr averages 40.4 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Richland Ctr's primary station: RICHLAND CTR (USC00477158). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Richland Ctr; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Richland Ctr 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.