Madison, MN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MADISON WWTP, MN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Madison has an annual average temperature of 43.8°F with about 25.6 inches of precipitation per year and 46.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 2.6°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.82 in) and January the driest (0.54 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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All-time records →47 of 366 (12.8%) of Madison'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 | 43 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 45 | |
| 1970s | 33 | |
| 1980s | 76 | |
| 1990s | 44 | |
| 2000s | 30 | |
| 2010s | 32 | |
| 2020s | 34 |
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 | 21.7°F | 2.6°F | 12.2°F | 0.54 in | 7.7 in | 5 |
| February | 26.3°F | 6.8°F | 16.5°F | 0.60 in | 9.3 in | 5 |
| March | 38.8°F | 19.7°F | 29.2°F | 1.30 in | 7.7 in | 6 |
| April | 54.6°F | 32.9°F | 43.8°F | 2.39 in | 5.8 in | 8 |
| May | 68.7°F | 46.5°F | 57.6°F | 3.21 in | 0.1 in | 10 |
| June | 78.6°F | 57.7°F | 68.1°F | 3.82 in | — | 11 |
| July | 82.5°F | 61.3°F | 71.9°F | 3.57 in | — | 9 |
| August | 79.7°F | 58.1°F | 68.9°F | 3.35 in | — | 8 |
| September | 73.1°F | 49.1°F | 61.1°F | 2.64 in | — | 8 |
| October | 58.3°F | 35.6°F | 46.9°F | 2.50 in | 0.9 in | 8 |
| November | 41.0°F | 22.2°F | 31.6°F | 1.13 in | 5.5 in | 4 |
| December | 26.9°F | 9.3°F | 18.1°F | 0.59 in | 9.9 in | 5 |
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