Climate guideThirty-year normals for Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean45°day and night
Seasonal swing54°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation32.2 in120 wet days a year
44.26° N, 88.42° WElevation 794 ftUTC−5 · Central Daylight Time
When to goAppleton · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low58° / 39°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Appleton has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 82° and nights 60°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 54°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 32.2 in of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (4.3 in, 13 wet days) and February the driest (1.2 in, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in July to 48% in December.
Compared with Washington, the capital, Appleton is 4.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 82° · July
- Coldest nights
- 9° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 53 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 29° | 41° | 55° | 68° | 77° | 82° | 79° | 72° | 58° | 44° | 31° |
| Average low | 9° | 12° | 22° | 34° | 46° | 56° | 60° | 58° | 50° | 39° | 27° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 1.2 in | 1.2 in | 1.8 in | 3.0 in | 3.3 in | 4.3 in | 3.8 in | 3.7 in | 3.5 in | 2.7 in | 2.2 in | 1.5 in |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.6 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 13 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 7.8 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 45% | 42% | 44% | 40% | 35% | 30% | 32% | 33% | 40% | 47% | 48% |
| Daylight | 9h 14 | 10h 29 | 11h 53 | 13h 27 | 14h 46 | 15h 30 | 15h 12 | 14h 03 | 12h 33 | 11h 02 | 9h 38 | 8h 53 |
| Month score | 36 | 37 | 33 | 39 | 65 | 66 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 52 | 35 | 32 |
ivMonth by month
Appleton in every month
January36
25° / 9°
1.2 in · 6.6 wet days
February37
29° / 12°
1.2 in · 6.4 wet days
March33
41° / 22°
1.8 in · 8.5 wet days
April39
55° / 34°
3.0 in · 11.3 wet days
May65
68° / 46°
3.3 in · 13 wet days
June66
77° / 56°
4.3 in · 13.4 wet days
July58
82° / 60°
3.8 in · 13.4 wet days
August66
79° / 58°
3.7 in · 11.7 wet days
September75
72° / 50°
3.5 in · 10.2 wet days
October52
58° / 39°
2.7 in · 10.7 wet days
November35
44° / 27°
2.2 in · 6.8 wet days
December32
31° / 16°
1.5 in · 7.8 wet days