Mauston weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Mauston, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mauston 1 SE, 2 km from Mauston; records cover 1905–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 36.3 in923 mm
- Snow a year
- 47 in118 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 3
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 7,491
- Cooling degree days
- 542
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −13°−25° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Mauston in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2025)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1483
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Mauston in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 11°−11°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2024)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1225
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Mauston in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1986)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 988
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Mauston in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 35°1°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1980)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 590
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Mauston in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 47°8°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2018)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 262
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Mauston in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 58
- Cooling degree days
- 111
Mauston in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°16°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1995)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 196
Mauston in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°14°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1955)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 147
Mauston in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1955)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 168
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Mauston in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°15° and lows 38°3°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1963)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 509
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Mauston in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 27°−3°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1964)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 878
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Mauston in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 15°−9°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2021)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1288
- Cooling degree days
- 0