Appleton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Appleton, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at APPLETON, 4 km from Appleton; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.2 in842 mm
- Snow a year
- 49 in125 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 7,623
- Cooling degree days
- 588
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −9°−23° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Appleton in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2025)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1466
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Appleton in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 12°−11°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2024)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 1249
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Appleton in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 22°−5°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1044
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Appleton in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 34°1°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1980)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 633
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Appleton in May
Highs average 67°20° and lows 46°8°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2018)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 286
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Appleton in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 57°14°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 65
- Cooling degree days
- 119
Appleton in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 211
Appleton in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 60°15°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 165
Appleton in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°10°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1913)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 166
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Appleton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 39°4°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1963)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 514
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Appleton in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 28°−2°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2008)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 885
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Appleton in December
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 12 in29 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2021)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1279
- Cooling degree days
- 0