Adams weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Adams, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Friendship, 3 km from Adams; records cover 1930–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 35.1 in892 mm
- Snow a year
- 52 in132 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 30
- Heating degree days
- 7,809
- Cooling degree days
- 547
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Adams in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 6°−14°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (2025)
- Record low
- −40° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 1528
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Adams in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 9°−13°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1272
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Adams in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2007)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1041
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Adams in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 33°0°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1930)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 626
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Adams in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 45°7°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 280
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Adams in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1931)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 55
- Cooling degree days
- 118
Adams in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4.6 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Adams in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2023)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 146
Adams in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 48°9°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1931)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1941)
- Heating degree days
- 185
- Cooling degree days
- 51
Adams in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 37°3°, with 2.5 in65 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2023)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 542
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Adams in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1938)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 914
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Adams in December
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2021)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 1320
- Cooling degree days
- 0