Wisconsin Climate by Division

Climate Normals - What is a climate normal?

• Normals (1971-2000)

Long-term Variability of Annual Climate

Long-term Variability of Seasonal Climate

• Spring
  

  Division	NW	NC	NE	WC	C	EC	SW	SC	SE
  Temperature	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
  Precipitation	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P



• Summer
  

  Division	NW	NC	NE	WC	C	EC	SW	SC	SE
  Temperature	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
  Precipitation	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P



• Autumn
  

  Division	NW	NC	NE	WC	C	EC	SW	SC	SE
  Temperature	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
  Precipitation	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P



• Winter
  

  Division	NW	NC	NE	WC	C	EC	SW	SC	SE
  Temperature	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
  Precipitation	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P

What is a climate division?

A climate division has been defined by the National Climatic Data Center to be an area of the state that has relatively uniform climate characteristics. These regions, which were created in 1950, correspond to the Crop Reporting Districts of the US Department of Agriculture and typically have boundaries corresponding to county and state boundaries, except in mountainous states where topographic features are used to determine the boundaries. Wisconsin has nine climate divisions as indicated by the map at the top of the page.