Tainter Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tainter Lake, Wisconsin: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Menomonie, 15 km from Tainter Lake; records cover 1957–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 34.2 in868 mm
- Snow a year
- 41 in104 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 8,036
- Cooling degree days
- 497
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 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tainter Lake in January
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1981)
- Record low
- −39° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 1573
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tainter Lake in February
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 7°−14°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2024)
- Record low
- −40° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1306
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tainter Lake in March
Highs average 42°5° and lows 19°−7°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1986)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1066
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tainter Lake in April
Highs average 56°14° and lows 32°0°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1980)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 622
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Tainter Lake in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 44°7°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2018)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 291
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Tainter Lake in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 55°13°, with 5.1 in131 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1963)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 64
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Tainter Lake in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1964)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 188
Tainter Lake in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1964)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 134
Tainter Lake in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1978)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 189
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Tainter Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 36°2°, with 2.7 in70 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1997)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 547
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Tainter Lake in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1999)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 956
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tainter Lake in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 12°−11°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1998)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1376
- Cooling degree days
- 0