Platteville, WI

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Platteville has an annual average temperature of 46.7°F with about 40 inches of precipitation per year and 42.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.97 in) and January the driest (1.22 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
54°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,026
Cooling need
450

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Platteville'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.

1930s
0
1940s
18
1950s
107
1960s
44
1970s
27
1980s
75
1990s
43
2000s
46
2010s
6

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 25.7°F 9.9°F 17.8°F 1.22 in 11.0 in 9
February 30.8°F 13.7°F 22.3°F 1.47 in 9.8 in 8
March 43.3°F 24.8°F 34.1°F 2.09 in 6.1 in 9
April 57.1°F 35.4°F 46.3°F 3.95 in 1.6 in 11
May 68.7°F 47.1°F 57.9°F 4.65 in 0.1 in 13
June 78.2°F 58.3°F 68.2°F 5.97 in 12
July 81.8°F 61.8°F 71.8°F 5.29 in 11
August 80.1°F 59.8°F 70.0°F 4.23 in 10
September 73.2°F 51.2°F 62.2°F 4.25 in 9
October 60.3°F 39.1°F 49.7°F 2.82 in 0.4 in 10
November 44.6°F 28.0°F 36.3°F 2.25 in 1.9 in 9
December 31.6°F 16.7°F 24.2°F 1.79 in 11.9 in 9

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