Amherst, WI
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ROSHOLT 9 NNE, WI US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Amherst has an annual average temperature of 44.3°F with about 34 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 80.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.48 in) and February the driest (1.08 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →63 of 366 (17.2%) of Amherst's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1940s | 29 | |
| 1950s | 32 | |
| 1960s | 57 | |
| 1970s | 43 | |
| 1980s | 42 | |
| 1990s | 47 | |
| 2000s | 32 | |
| 2010s | 44 | |
| 2020s | 40 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°F | 6.8°F | 15.3°F | 1.24 in | — | 9 |
| February | 28.3°F | 9.3°F | 18.8°F | 1.08 in | — | 7 |
| March | 40.1°F | 20.8°F | 30.5°F | 1.74 in | — | 8 |
| April | 54.1°F | 33.0°F | 43.6°F | 3.17 in | — | 11 |
| May | 67.4°F | 45.1°F | 56.2°F | 4.00 in | — | 13 |
| June | 76.5°F | 54.7°F | 65.6°F | 4.48 in | — | 12 |
| July | 80.8°F | 58.4°F | 69.6°F | 3.75 in | — | 11 |
| August | 78.8°F | 57.0°F | 67.9°F | 4.02 in | — | 10 |
| September | 71.4°F | 49.1°F | 60.3°F | 3.84 in | — | 11 |
| October | 57.4°F | 37.4°F | 47.4°F | 2.98 in | — | 10 |
| November | 41.9°F | 26.1°F | 34.0°F | 2.05 in | — | 8 |
| December | 29.1°F | 14.7°F | 21.9°F | 1.60 in | — | 9 |
Climate twins of Amherst
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).