Rice Lake, WI
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RICE LAKE, WI US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Rice Lake has an annual average temperature of 43°F with about 31.4 inches of precipitation per year and 52.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 1.7°F). August is typically the wettest month (4.21 in) and February the driest (0.82 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Rice Lake
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All-time records →80 of 366 (21.9%) of Rice Lake'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 | 0 | |
| 1950s | 26 | |
| 1960s | 47 | |
| 1970s | 27 | |
| 1980s | 60 | |
| 1990s | 41 | |
| 2000s | 53 | |
| 2010s | 58 | |
| 2020s | 54 |
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 | 21.6°F | 1.7°F | 11.6°F | 0.89 in | 10.5 in | 8 |
| February | 27.2°F | 4.8°F | 16.0°F | 0.82 in | 10.7 in | 6 |
| March | 39.6°F | 18.1°F | 28.9°F | 1.47 in | 8.9 in | 7 |
| April | 54.3°F | 31.6°F | 43.0°F | 2.77 in | 3.5 in | 10 |
| May | 67.8°F | 44.7°F | 56.2°F | 3.85 in | 0.5 in | 12 |
| June | 77.3°F | 54.7°F | 66.0°F | 4.17 in | — | 12 |
| July | 81.4°F | 58.8°F | 70.1°F | 3.98 in | — | 11 |
| August | 79.5°F | 56.3°F | 67.9°F | 4.21 in | — | 11 |
| September | 71.4°F | 47.8°F | 59.6°F | 3.34 in | — | 11 |
| October | 56.8°F | 35.3°F | 46.1°F | 3.03 in | 0.8 in | 10 |
| November | 40.4°F | 22.9°F | 31.7°F | 1.68 in | 5.7 in | 7 |
| December | 27.1°F | 10.0°F | 18.5°F | 1.22 in | 11.9 in | 8 |
Climate twins of Rice Lake
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