Whitewater Metro Area, WI Climate

The Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Metro Area has a humid continental climate. This means four distinct seasons with hot summers and cold winters. The average high temperature in the summer is around 80°F, while the average low temperature in the winter drops to below 20°F. In between these two extremes, spring and fall are generally mild and pleasant with an average annual precipitation of around 30 inches. Generally, the area has lots of sunshine throughout the year, making it ideal for outdoor activities such as fishing, camping, and hiking.

Whitewater Metro Area, Wisconsin gets 36 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Whitewater Metro Area averages 38 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 190 sunny days per year in Whitewater Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Whitewater Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 123 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 12
Rain: averages 36 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 38 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area is 6.7 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Wisconsin.

9 Summer - 4.2 Winter

June, August and September are the most pleasant months in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area with an average high temperature of 83.2°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Wisconsin. In the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area are June, August and September.

In the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area, there are 11.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the hottest places in Wisconsin.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area with an average of 11.7°. This is one of the warmest places in Wisconsin.

In the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area, there are 143.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Wisconsin.

In the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area, there are 14.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Wisconsin.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

August is the wettest month in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area with 4.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 34% of yearly precipitation and 15% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 36.0 inches in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area means that it is wetter than most places in Wisconsin.

May is the rainiest month in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area with 12.3 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.1 rainy days. There are 122.6 rainy days annually in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area, which is rainier than most places in Wisconsin. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 37.8 inches in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area means that it is less snowy than most places in Wisconsin. January is the snowiest month in the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area with 11.6 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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