Climate averages 1991–2020
Madison weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Madison: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 18 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockford (93 km away). In June its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Madison, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Madison ranks joint 374th of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 417th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Madison is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 112 | 11.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Rockford in JuneUnited States · 93 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Waukesha in JuneUnited States · 95 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Milwaukee in JuneUnited States · 122 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Racine in JuneUnited States · 137 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Kenosha in JuneUnited States · 140 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Elgin in JuneUnited States · 147 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Waukegan in JuneUnited States · 150 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Appleton in JuneUnited States · 154 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 89 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.