Rhinelander weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Rhinelander, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Rhinelander Oneida County Airport, 4 km from Rhinelander; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.6 in753 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 27
- First fall freeze
- Sep 25
- Heating degree days
- 8,831
- Cooling degree days
- 282
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −20°−29° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Rhinelander in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 53°12° (1981)
- Record low
- −41° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 1607
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rhinelander in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2024)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1364
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rhinelander in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2012)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1150
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rhinelander in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.7 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1952)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 731
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Rhinelander in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 41°5°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 370
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Rhinelander in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 50°10°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1931)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 120
- Cooling degree days
- 57
Rhinelander in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 54°12°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 112
Rhinelander in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 52°11°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1964)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 77
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Rhinelander in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 45°7°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1908)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 270
- Cooling degree days
- 25
Rhinelander in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1976)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 643
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Rhinelander in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.8 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1930)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1022
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rhinelander in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 11°−12°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1998)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1429
- Cooling degree days
- 0