Sheldon weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sheldon, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ladysmith 3w, 22 km from Sheldon; records cover 1901–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 35.8 in910 mm
- Snow a year
- 52 in132 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 18
- First fall freeze
- Sep 16
- Heating degree days
- 8,747
- Cooling degree days
- 204
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −25°−32° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sheldon in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 2°−17°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 51°11° (1981)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 1598
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sheldon in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 4°−16°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1352
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sheldon in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2007)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1135
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sheldon in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1980)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 710
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sheldon in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°4°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1959)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 372
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Sheldon in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 49°10°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1956)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 121
- Cooling degree days
- 38
Sheldon in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 53°12°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2006)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 59
- Cooling degree days
- 79
Sheldon in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 52°11°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1964)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 86
- Cooling degree days
- 57
Sheldon in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 44°7°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1976)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 268
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Sheldon in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°14° and lows 33°1°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1976)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 631
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Sheldon in November
Highs average 40°4° and lows 23°−5°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1975)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1014
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sheldon in December
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1962)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1401
- Cooling degree days
- 0