Stratford weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Stratford, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at MARSHFIELD EXP FARM, 18 km from Stratford; records cover 1912–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.9 in861 mm
- Snow a year
- 57 in145 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 8,203
- Cooling degree days
- 423
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −15°−26° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Stratford in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 6°−14°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1981)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1572
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stratford in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2024)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1322
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stratford in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 20°−6°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1986)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1088
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stratford in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 33°0°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1980)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 660
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stratford in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 45°7°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 309
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Stratford in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 55°13°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 74
- Cooling degree days
- 89
Stratford in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1936)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 162
Stratford in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 57°14°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 37
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Stratford in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 49°9°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2023)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 204
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Stratford in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 37°3°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1976)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 570
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Stratford in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1930)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 964
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stratford in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1998)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 1386
- Cooling degree days
- 0