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United States / Wisconsin / No Metro Area / Iron County / Iron Belt / Zip Codes
Iron Belt, WI has a typical Midwestern climate with short, mild summers and cold winters. Summer temperatures can reach into the 70s and 80s during the day, while nights can be cool in the 50s and 60s. Winters are much colder with frequent snowfall and daily highs that usually stay below freezing. Although the weather may be unpredictable at times, Iron Belt is generally sunny most of the year. The average annual precipitation is around 37 inches.

Iron Belt, Wisconsin gets 35 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Iron Belt averages 147 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 180 sunny days per year in Iron Belt. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Iron Belt gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 142 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 76 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 2
Rain: averages 35 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 147 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Iron Belt is 5.5 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Wisconsin.

9 Summer - 2.2 Winter
July, August and June are the most pleasant months in Iron Belt, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateIron Belt, WisconsinUnited States
  35.0 in.38.1 in.
  146.7 in.27.8 in.
  142.1 days106.2 days
  180 days205 days
  76.2°85.8°
  1.9°21.7°
  5.57
  3.24.3
  1555 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 Iron Belt with an average high temperature of 76.2°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Wisconsin. In Iron Belt, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Iron Belt are July, August and June.
In Iron Belt, there are 1.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Wisconsin.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Iron Belt with an average of 1.9°. This is one of the coldest places in Wisconsin.
In Iron Belt, there are 186.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Wisconsin.
In Iron Belt, there are 39.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Wisconsin.
Humidity in Iron Belt is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
September is the wettest month in Iron Belt with 4.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 32% of yearly precipitation and 15% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 35.0 inches in Iron Belt means that it is wetter than most places in Wisconsin.
December is the rainiest month in Iron Belt with 14.3 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 10.0 rainy days. There are 142.1 rainy days annually in Iron Belt, which is one of the rainiest places in Wisconsin. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Summer with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 146.7 inches in Iron Belt means that it is one of the snowiest places in Wisconsin. December is the snowiest month in Iron Belt with 35.5 inches of snow, and 8 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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