El Paso, WI Climate


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El Paso, WI has a humid continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. The average summer temperature is in the high 80s while winter temperatures can drop to the teens. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, with heavier amounts of rain and snowfall during the colder months. Winters tend to be especially windy, with some gusts reaching up to 40 miles per hour. Sunshine is plentiful all year round and summers are particularly sunny with average daily sunshine lasting for around 11 hours in a day.

El Paso, Wisconsin gets 33 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

El Paso averages 41 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 190 sunny days per year in El Paso. The US average is 205 sunny days.

El Paso gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 109 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 5
Rain: averages 33 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 41 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for El Paso is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Wisconsin.

9.1 Summer - 3.9 Winter
August, July and June are the most pleasant months in El Paso, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateEl Paso, WisconsinUnited States
  33.1 in.38.1 in.
  41.2 in.27.8 in.
  109.3 days106.2 days
  190 days205 days
  82.1°85.8°
  5.1°21.7°
  6.67
  3.14.3
  906 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for El Paso with an average high temperature of 82.1°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Wisconsin. In El Paso, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for El Paso are June, August and July.
In El Paso, there are 6.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Wisconsin.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for El Paso with an average of 5.1°. This is colder than most places in Wisconsin.
In El Paso, there are 163.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Wisconsin.
In El Paso, there are 29.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Wisconsin.
The humidity is usually comfortable in El Paso but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.
August is the wettest month in El Paso with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 0.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 41% of yearly precipitation and 8% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 33.1 inches in El Paso means that it is about average compared to other places in Wisconsin.
June is the rainiest month in El Paso with 12.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.7 rainy days. There are 109.3 rainy days annually in El Paso, which is less rainy than most places in Wisconsin. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 19% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 41.2 inches in El Paso means that it is less snowy than most places in Wisconsin. January is the snowiest month in El Paso with 9.3 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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