What is the hottest month in Orfordville?

July is the warmest month in Orfordville, with an average high of 83.1°F.

What is the coldest month in Orfordville?

January is the coldest month in Orfordville, with an average low of 10.5°F.

What month does Orfordville get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Orfordville, with about 5.56 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Orfordville in?

Orfordville is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Orfordville changed recently?

11.5% of Orfordville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Orfordville, WI

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BRODHEAD WWTP, WI US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Orfordville has an annual average temperature of 47.2°F with about 38.3 inches of precipitation per year and 37.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.56 in) and January the driest (1.59 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

53°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,864

HDD/yr

Cooling need

471

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

42 of 366 (11.5%) of Orfordville'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.

1890s		3
1900s		27
1910s		38
1920s		26
1930s		66
1940s		33
1950s		25
1960s		14
1970s		7
1980s		19
1990s		21
2000s		25
2010s		37
2020s		25

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	27.4°F	10.5°F	19.0°F	1.59 in	10.3 in	10
February	31.8°F	13.6°F	22.7°F	1.75 in	9.3 in	8
March	44.4°F	24.6°F	34.5°F	2.11 in	4.5 in	10
April	58.3°F	35.4°F	46.9°F	3.73 in	0.9 in	12
May	70.1°F	47.1°F	58.6°F	4.18 in	0.1 in	13
June	79.8°F	57.4°F	68.6°F	5.56 in	—	12
July	83.1°F	61.0°F	72.0°F	4.00 in	—	10
August	81.3°F	58.9°F	70.1°F	4.35 in	—	10
September	74.6°F	50.1°F	62.4°F	3.78 in	—	9
October	61.6°F	38.8°F	50.2°F	2.94 in	0.3 in	10
November	46.0°F	27.8°F	36.9°F	2.35 in	2.2 in	9
December	32.8°F	17.2°F	25.0°F	1.96 in	9.7 in	10