Annual mean 16°C · wettest around February · prevailing wind SW
Warmest
30.6 °C
Coldest
7.7 °C
Wettest
49%
Windiest
4.6 m/s
Prevailing
SW
3.5 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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The average temperature in Madison over the whole year is 16°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 30°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 2°C. Madison has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 38% in October, the driest month, to 47% in February, the wettest. Winds in Madison are highest in February, averaging 3.1 m/s (11 km/h), and lightest in July, at 1.7 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW. The clearest skies in Madison come in September, when the sky is typically 32% covered; February is the cloudiest month, at 51%.
Month by month Madison climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
8°C
2°C
4°C
44%
48%
2.9 m/s
9
0
31
February
12°C
6°C
8°C
47%
51%
3.1 m/s
22
0
50
March
16°C
8°C
12°C
45%
41%
3.1 m/s
39
1
67
April
20°C
11°C
17°C
42%
38%
2.8 m/s
61
13
63
May
25°C
17°C
24°C
45%
40%
2.3 m/s
61
45
34
June
29°C
21°C
30°C
44%
34%
2.0 m/s
26
59
6
July
30°C
23°C
33°C
41%
34%
1.7 m/s
6
44
1
August
30°C
21°C
32°C
42%
36%
1.7 m/s
13
54
1
September
28°C
18°C
29°C
39%
32%
1.7 m/s
35
58
14
October
23°C
13°C
21°C
38%
34%
2.0 m/s
64
27
53
November
15°C
7°C
12°C
40%
37%
2.3 m/s
37
4
65
December
11°C
5°C
7°C
45%
48%
2.7 m/s
17
0
48
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Madison weather by season
Year round, Madison has days of about 8°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 30°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from 2°C to 23°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 16°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around February and least likely around October. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Madison weather in winterDecember to February
High 10°CLow 4°CRain 45%
Winter in Madison has typical daily highs of about 10°C and lows of about 4°C, with a 45% chance of rain on a given day.
Madison weather in springMarch to May
High 20°CLow 12°CRain 44%
Spring in Madison has typical daily highs of about 20°C and lows of about 12°C, with a 44% chance of rain on a given day.
Madison weather in summerJune to August
High 30°CLow 22°CRain 42%
Summer in Madison has typical daily highs of about 30°C and lows of about 22°C, with a 42% chance of rain on a given day.
Madison weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 22°CLow 13°CRain 39%
Autumn in Madison has typical daily highs of about 22°C and lows of about 13°C, with a 39% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Madison?
Madison has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 38% in October, the driest month, to 47% in February, the wettest.
What time of year is Madison windiest?
Winds in Madison are highest in February, averaging 3.1 m/s (11 km/h), and lightest in July, at 1.7 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW.
What is the average temperature in Madison year round?
The average temperature in Madison over the whole year is 16°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 30°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 2°C.