Annual mean 14°C · wettest around February · prevailing wind SW
Warmest
29.0 °C
Coldest
1.7 °C
Wettest
17%
Windiest
5.2 m/s
Prevailing
SW
3.9 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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bars actual · line feels-like, °Cchance of rain, %wind speed, m/ssky covered, %
The average temperature in Madison over the whole year is 14°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 29°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -1°C. Madison has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 10% in August, the driest month, to 17% in February, the wettest. Winds in Madison are highest in March, averaging 3.7 m/s (13 km/h), and lightest in August, at 2.0 m/s (7 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW. The clearest skies in Madison come in September, when the sky is typically 37% covered; January is the cloudiest month, at 64%.
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
3°C
-1°C
-3°C
16%
64%
3.5 m/s
1
0
13
February
7°C
1°C
2°C
17%
57%
3.6 m/s
6
0
27
March
11°C
5°C
7°C
16%
53%
3.7 m/s
16
0
46
April
17°C
9°C
13°C
16%
51%
3.5 m/s
43
5
63
May
22°C
15°C
20°C
15%
51%
2.9 m/s
63
29
54
June
27°C
20°C
27°C
13%
40%
2.6 m/s
51
54
22
July
29°C
22°C
30°C
13%
40%
2.2 m/s
24
64
5
August
28°C
20°C
29°C
10%
40%
2.0 m/s
35
62
11
September
26°C
17°C
26°C
12%
37%
2.1 m/s
55
51
31
October
19°C
11°C
17°C
13%
43%
2.5 m/s
53
16
66
November
11°C
4°C
7°C
14%
48%
2.9 m/s
17
1
49
December
6°C
2°C
1°C
15%
59%
3.2 m/s
3
0
25
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 3°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 29°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from -1°C to 22°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 14°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around February and least likely around August. 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 5°CLow 0°CRain 16%
Winter in Madison has typical daily highs of about 5°C and lows of about 0°C, with a 16% chance of rain on a given day.
Madison weather in springMarch to May
High 17°CLow 10°CRain 16%
Spring in Madison has typical daily highs of about 17°C and lows of about 10°C, with a 16% chance of rain on a given day.
Madison weather in summerJune to August
High 28°CLow 21°CRain 12%
Summer in Madison has typical daily highs of about 28°C and lows of about 21°C, with a 12% chance of rain on a given day.
Madison weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 19°CLow 10°CRain 13%
Autumn in Madison has typical daily highs of about 19°C and lows of about 10°C, with a 13% 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 10% in August, the driest month, to 17% in February, the wettest.
What time of year is Madison windiest?
Winds in Madison are highest in March, averaging 3.7 m/s (13 km/h), and lightest in August, at 2.0 m/s (7 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 14°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 29°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -1°C.