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Wausau Climate
Station Information
County Name: Marathon
Division: 2 -
North Central
Latitude: 44 deg 56 min = 44.9286 N
Longitude: 89 deg 38 min = 89.6267 W
Elevation: 1196 feet = 363 meters
Climate Normals
- Monthly Normals for temperature, degree days, precipitation, snow and growing season generated by NCEI:
- Normals for 1981-2010 from Midwestern Regional Climate Center
Daily Records
Temperature
- Daily High and Low Temperatures (explanation)
- Monthly Temperature Extremes
- Highest Annual Temperature at
- Lowest Annual Temperature at
- Number of Days per season with minimum temperature of zero degrees Fahrenheit or lower at
- Number of Days per season with maximum temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher at
- Number of Days per season with minimum temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit or higher at
- Dates of last spring and first autumn occurrence of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower at
- Length of frost-free season (32°F base) at
Precipitation
- Daily Cumulative Precipitation
(commencing on 1 Jan)
(commencing on 1 Oct for Water Year)
- Greatest daily precipitation total by year at
- Wausau City Office (1897-1960)
- Wausau Airport (1940-present)
- NOTE: Greatest calendar-day precipitation totals (based upon local midnight) at this station may not necessarily correspond with greatest 24-hour precipitation totals obtained from the hourly precipitation records.
- Number of Days per year with measurable precipitation (0.01 inches or greater) at
- Number of Days per year with one inch or greater precipitation at
- Daily
Precipitation Frequency Distribution for Wausau
based upon 1971-2000 interval
Snowfall
- Daily Cumulative Snowfall (not snow depth)
- Long-term seasonal snowfall at Wausau Airport (1941/42-present seasons)
- Number of days per season with one inch or greater snowfall at Wausau Airport (1948/49-present seasons)
- Number of days per season with one inch or greater snow cover on the ground at Wausau Airport (1948/49-present seasons)
- Average snow cover depth by season at
- Seasonal distribution of monthly average snow depth Airport (1981-2010)
- Frequency of occurrence of a White Christmas (1 inch or more of snow cover at 6 am on 25 December) at the Wausau Airport (1951-2020)
Heating Degree Days (base 65°F; season means 1 July - 30 June)
- Cumulative Heating Degrees
- Seasonal Heating Degrees at
Cooling Degree Days (base 65°F; season means 1 January - 31 December)
Growing Degree Days
(modified, base 50°F/ceiling 86°F; season means 1 Jan - 31 Dec)
- Cumulative Modified Growing Degrees
- Long-term variations in Modified Growing Degree Day Units
Thunderstorm Climatology for Wausau
- Plots of frequency of thunder reports by week and by hour (Courtesy of Iowa Environmental Mesonet - IEM)
Fog Climatology for Wausau
- Plots of frequency of fog reports by week and by hour (Courtesy of Iowa Environmental Mesonet - IEM)
Wind Climatology for Wausau
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