Stevens Point, Wisconsin climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Stevens Point's normal year runs from 7°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 34.0 inches of precipitation and 49 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.7°C, January lows of −14°C, July highs of 27°C, 863 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStevens Point
- Station IDUSC00478171
- Location44.51°N 89.59°W
- Elevation1,079 ft (329 m)
- Population26,465
On October 22, the normal high in Stevens Point is 54°F and the normal low 35°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 Stevens Point.
- Jan 24° 7°
- Feb 28° 9°
- Mar 40° 21°
- Apr 54° 33°
- May 67° 45°
- Jun 76° 56°
- Jul 80° 60°
- Aug 78° 58°
- Sep 70° 50°
- Oct 57° 37°
- Nov 42° 26°
- Dec 29° 14°
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 Stevens Point each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 7°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.00 in), the least in February (1.11 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 7°F | 15.3°F | 1.21 | 11.6 | 10 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 28°F | 9°F | 18.7°F | 1.11 | 11.5 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 40°F | 21°F | 30.4°F | 1.80 | 6.9 | 9 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 33°F | 43.1°F | 3.37 | 4.2 | 12 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 67°F | 45°F | 55.9°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 76°F | 56°F | 65.7°F | 5.00 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 80°F | 60°F | 69.8°F | 3.82 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 78°F | 58°F | 67.9°F | 3.79 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 70°F | 50°F | 59.8°F | 3.62 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 37°F | 47.1°F | 2.73 | 0.3 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| November | 42°F | 26°F | 33.7°F | 1.90 | 1.9 | 9 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 29°F | 14°F | 21.6°F | 1.54 | 12.3 | 10 | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 35°F | 44.1°F | 33.97 | 48.7 | 125 | 4 | 164 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −14°C | −9.3°C | 31 mm | 29 cm |
| February | −2°C | −13°C | −7.4°C | 28 mm | 29 cm |
| March | 4°C | −6°C | −0.9°C | 46 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 12°C | 0°C | 6.2°C | 86 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 19°C | 7°C | 13.3°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 13°C | 18.7°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 15°C | 21.0°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 10°C | 15.4°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 3°C | 8.4°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5°C | −4°C | 0.9°C | 48 mm | 5 cm |
| December | −2°C | −10°C | −5.8°C | 39 mm | 31 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00478171; 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 Stevens Point?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August 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 USC00478171.
When is the last frost in Stevens Point?
In Stevens Point, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 4 in half of years and after May 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 7 in half of years and before September 24 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 41 year in 10 after May 20; 9 in 10 after April 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 71 year in 10 before September 24; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 155 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 177 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 25 in half of springs and before October 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stevens Point in zone 5a in ZIP code 54481. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Stevens Point's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (30 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 USC00478171; 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 Stevens Point?
In a normal year in Stevens Point, 4 days a year reach 90°F, 164 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 164a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 75high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 125a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 17a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 108°F, on July 14, 1936; the lowest is −48°F, on February 11, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 45.36 in; the snowiest season is 2007–08, with 74.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00478171; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00478171. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Stevens Point?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Stevens Point, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (60%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 1.8 |
| February | 75% | 2.8 |
| March | 73% | 3.9 |
| April | 68% | 4.6 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 73% | 6.0 |
| July | 79% | 6.2 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 75% | 4.1 |
| October | 67% | 2.6 |
| November | 64% | 1.7 |
| December | 60% | 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 Stevens Point need?
A normal year in Stevens Point brings 8,037 heating degree days, 50% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 451 cooling degree days, 50% 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 2,304 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,539 | 0 |
| February | 1,296 | 0 |
| March | 1,073 | 0 |
| April | 656 | 1 |
| May | 308 | 24 |
| June | 73 | 94 |
| July | 18 | 166 |
| August | 35 | 123 |
| September | 195 | 41 |
| October | 558 | 3 |
| November | 941 | 0 |
| December | 1,345 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,037 | 451 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00478171. 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 Stevens Point been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 45.0°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 44.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.1°F | +2.0°F | 37.39 | 44.5 |
| 2022 | 42.8°F | −1.3°F | 32.12 | 35.9 |
| 2023 | 46.9°F | +2.8°F | 32.29 | 58.7 |
| 2024 | 48.3°F | +4.2°F | 42.66 | 33.5 |
| 2025 | 45.0°F | +0.9°F | 31.38 | 65.5 |
Over 106 complete years from 1894 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00478171; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stevens Point's climate compare?
Stevens Point is warmer than 55 of the other 164 places with their own NOAA record in Wisconsin, and wetter than 63. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.1°F is warmer than 16%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Stevens Point 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 Stevens Point share this climate record?
8 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.
- Plover, WI14,208 people · 4 mi SE
- Whiting, WI1,647 people · 2 mi SE
- Polonia, WI624 people · 10 mi NE
- Park Ridge, WI544 people · 2 mi E
- Junction City, WI418 people · 11 mi NW
- Amherst Junction, WI382 people · 14 mi E
- Milladore, WI267 people · 15 mi NW
- Nelsonville, WI161 people · 14 mi E
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 Stevens Point's climate
What is the coldest month in Stevens Point?
January, with a normal high of 24°F and a normal low of 7°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Stevens Point?
Yes: 49 inches in a normal year, falling on 34 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (12.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Stevens Point?
June, with 5.00 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.11 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stevens Point in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stevens Point in zone 5a in ZIP code 54481. By the same method at Stevens Point's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Stevens Point?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 4; in one year in ten it comes after May 20. Waiting until May 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Stevens Point in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Wisconsin climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI16 miles from this station, 44.8°F a year
- Rosholt, WI24 miles from this station, 44.3°F a year
- Hancock, WI27 miles from this station, 44.7°F a year
- Waupaca, WI28 miles from this station, 44.8°F a year
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