Ashland weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ashland, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ashland Kennedy Memorial Airport, 5 km from Ashland; records cover 1998–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.9 in707 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 28
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 8,796
- Cooling degree days
- 259
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −16°−27° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ashland in January
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2012)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1579
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ashland in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2000)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1340
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ashland in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1152
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ashland in April
Highs average 51°10° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2002)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 764
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ashland in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 39°4°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2006)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 427
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Ashland in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 49°9°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2022)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 161
- Cooling degree days
- 39
Ashland in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 55°13°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2006)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 57
- Cooling degree days
- 110
Ashland in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2001)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 70
- Cooling degree days
- 75
Ashland in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2023)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 253
- Cooling degree days
- 25
Ashland in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 35°2°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2025)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 620
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ashland in November
Highs average 40°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2020)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 981
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ashland in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1998)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1392
- Cooling degree days
- 0