Colfax weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Colfax, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, 24 km from Colfax; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33 in838 mm
- Snow a year
- 55 in141 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 7,925
- Cooling degree days
- 567
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 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Colfax in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 6°−15°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 14 in34 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1944)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1562
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Colfax in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 9°−13°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2000)
- Record low
- −40° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1295
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Colfax in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 21°−6°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1986)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1047
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Colfax in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 33°1°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2002)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 607
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Colfax in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 45°7°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 266
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Colfax in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.8 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 57
- Cooling degree days
- 120
Colfax in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°15°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 207
Colfax in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°14°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1947)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 153
Colfax in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 49°10°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1931)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 179
- Cooling degree days
- 53
Colfax in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 37°3°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1953)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 548
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Colfax in November
Highs average 42°6° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1933)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 950
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Colfax in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2001)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1375
- Cooling degree days
- 0