Climate averages 1991–2020
Madison weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Madison: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockford (93 km away). In July its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Madison, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Madison ranks joint 420th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 268th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Madison is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Madison climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 41 | 7.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | -0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 41 | 6.7 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 61 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 101 | 12.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 101 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 112 | 11.8 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 83 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 95 | 9.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 84 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 72 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 55 | 8.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | -0.1°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 48 | 7.5 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Rockford in JulyUnited States · 93 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Waukesha in JulyUnited States · 95 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Milwaukee in JulyUnited States · 122 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Racine in JulyUnited States · 137 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Kenosha in JulyUnited States · 140 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Elgin in JulyUnited States · 147 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Waukegan in JulyUnited States · 150 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Appleton in JulyUnited States · 154 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 86 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Madison) is explained once on the Madison year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.