Saxon, Wisconsin climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Saxon's normal year runs from 5°F January nights to 78°F July afternoons, with 37.5 inches of precipitation and 134 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.2°C, January lows of −15°C, July highs of 25°C, 952 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSaxon (1 mi WSW)
- Station IDUSC00473332
- Location46.49°N 90.44°W
- Elevation1,165 ft (355 m)
- Population (census place)69
On October 22, the normal high in Saxon is 52°F and the normal low 34°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 Saxon.
- Jan 21° 5°
- Feb 26° 6°
- Mar 37° 16°
- Apr 49° 29°
- May 64° 41°
- Jun 73° 51°
- Jul 78° 56°
- Aug 76° 55°
- Sep 68° 48°
- Oct 55° 36°
- Nov 39° 25°
- Dec 27° 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 Saxon each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 78°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 5°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.33 in), the least in February (1.68 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°F | 5°F | 13.0°F | 1.69 | 30.9 | 11 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 26°F | 6°F | 16.1°F | 1.68 | 24.5 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 37°F | 16°F | 26.5°F | 2.14 | 17.9 | 8 | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 49°F | 29°F | 39.0°F | 3.19 | 7.9 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 41°F | 52.3°F | 3.56 | 0.7 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 15 h |
| June | 73°F | 51°F | 61.9°F | 4.16 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 78°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 4.33 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 76°F | 55°F | 65.3°F | 3.81 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 68°F | 48°F | 58.0°F | 3.96 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 55°F | 36°F | 45.2°F | 4.06 | 2.0 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| November | 39°F | 25°F | 31.6°F | 2.57 | 17.6 | 9 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 27°F | 12°F | 19.5°F | 2.34 | 32.7 | 11 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 51°F | 32°F | 41.3°F | 37.49 | 134.4 | 117 | 3 | 188 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6°C | −15°C | −10.6°C | 43 mm | 78 cm |
| February | −3°C | −14°C | −8.8°C | 43 mm | 62 cm |
| March | 3°C | −9°C | −3.1°C | 54 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 9°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 81 mm | 20 cm |
| May | 18°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 23°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 13°C | 18.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20°C | 9°C | 14.4°C | 101 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 13°C | 2°C | 7.3°C | 103 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 4°C | −4°C | −0.2°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| December | −3°C | −11°C | −6.9°C | 59 mm | 83 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00473332; 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 Saxon?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August 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 USC00473332.
When is the last frost in Saxon?
In Saxon, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 23 in half of years and after June 5 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 231 year in 10 after June 5; 9 in 10 after May 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 18; 9 in 10 before October 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 132 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 157 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 8 in half of springs and before October 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Saxon in zone 4b in ZIP code 54559, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Saxon's NOAA station is in zone 4b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −25°F (23 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 USC00473332; 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 Saxon?
In a normal year in Saxon, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 188 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 117 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 188a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 96high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 117a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 36a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1952) is 100°F, on June 28, 1961; the lowest is −37°F, on February 2, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1954, with 45.95 in; the snowiest season is 1975–76, with 240.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00473332; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00473332. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Saxon?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Saxon, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (52%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 59% | 1.3 |
| February | 66% | 2.3 |
| March | 68% | 3.5 |
| April | 67% | 4.5 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 72% | 5.9 |
| July | 78% | 6.2 |
| August | 76% | 5.1 |
| September | 72% | 3.8 |
| October | 63% | 2.4 |
| November | 58% | 1.4 |
| December | 52% | 1.0 |
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 Saxon need?
A normal year in Saxon brings 8,920 heating degree days, 66% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 309 cooling degree days, 66% 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 1,892 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,612 | 0 |
| February | 1,371 | 0 |
| March | 1,196 | 1 |
| April | 782 | 1 |
| May | 410 | 16 |
| June | 152 | 57 |
| July | 57 | 116 |
| August | 75 | 86 |
| September | 240 | 30 |
| October | 615 | 3 |
| November | 1,001 | 0 |
| December | 1,410 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,920 | 309 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00473332. 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.
How does Saxon's climate compare?
Saxon is warmer than 15 of the other 164 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 134. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 41.3°F is warmer than 8%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Saxon 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 Saxon share this climate record?
3 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.
- New Odanah, WI318 people · 13 mi NW
- Birch Hill, WI279 people · 6 mi NW
- Franks Field, WI131 people · 9 mi NW
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 Saxon's climate
What is the coldest month in Saxon?
January, with a normal high of 21°F and a normal low of 5°F. The warmest is July (78°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Saxon?
Yes: 134 inches in a normal year, falling on 44 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (32.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Saxon?
July, with 4.33 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.68 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Saxon in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Saxon in zone 4b in ZIP code 54559, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Saxon's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −25°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 4b.
How late can frost come in Saxon?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 23; in one year in ten it comes after June 5. Waiting until June 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wisconsin climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hurley, WI12 miles from this station, 40.4°F a year
- Mellen, WI12 miles from this station, 40.4°F a year
- Ironwood, MI14 miles from this station, 40.2°F a year
- Ashland, WI24 miles from this station, 41.5°F a year
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