Zip 54864 (Poplar, WI) Climate

54864 Poplar, WI has a temperate climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average temperature ranges from the low 30s Fahrenheit in winter to the high 70s Fahrenheit in summer. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year with roughly equal chances of snow and rain occurring across all four seasons. Winters can be harsh at times with significant amounts of snowfall, while summers are generally mild but occasionally hot and humid.

Poplar (zip 54864), Wisconsin gets 32 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Poplar (zip 54864) averages 66 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 179 sunny days per year in Poplar (zip 54864). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Poplar (zip 54864) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 105 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 80 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 0
Rain: averages 32 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 66 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 54864 zip code is 6.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Wisconsin.

9.1 Summer - 3.3 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 54864 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Poplar, Wisconsin	United States
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	79.5°	85.8°
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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 the 54864 zip code with an average high temperature of 79.5°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Wisconsin. In the 54864 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 54864 zip code are August, July and June.

In the 54864 zip code, there are 4.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Wisconsin.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 54864 zip code with an average of 0.2°. This is one of the coldest places in Wisconsin.

In the 54864 zip code, there are 179.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Wisconsin.

In the 54864 zip code, there are 40.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Wisconsin.

Humidity in the 54864 zip code 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 August, July and September.

July is the wettest month in the 54864 zip code with 4.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 0.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 38% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 31.9 inches in the 54864 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Wisconsin.

June is the rainiest month in the 54864 zip code with 11.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.5 rainy days. There are 105.2 rainy days annually in the 54864 zip code, 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 66.1 inches in the 54864 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Wisconsin. December is the snowiest month in the 54864 zip code with 14.9 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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