August
August · June · July
United States · 1991–2020
August leads for comfortable weather in Elk Mound: typically 26.8°C by day, 14.5°C at night, with 106 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
August · June · July
July · August · June
September · May · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 75 — days reach only -4.9°C, 29° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C | -14.3°C | 26 mm | 6.1 | 9 h 08 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | -2.1°C | -12.5°C | 28 mm | 5 | 10 h 20 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 5.1°C | -5.8°C | 50 mm | 6.8 | 11 h 46 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 13.5°C | 0.9°C | 78 mm | 9.2 | 13 h 25 | 28 | Strong coverage |
| May | 20.8°C | 7.5°C | 99 mm | 10 | 14 h 48 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| June | 25.8°C | 13.3°C | 123 mm | 10.2 | 15 h 34 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| July | 28.1°C | 15.7°C | 92 mm | 8.9 | 15 h 16 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| August | 26.8°C | 14.5°C | 106 mm | 8.5 | 14 h 04 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| September | 22.3°C | 9.8°C | 93 mm | 8.2 | 12 h 28 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| October | 14.4°C | 3°C | 63 mm | 7.5 | 10 h 53 | 39 | Strong coverage |
| November | 5.5°C | -3.8°C | 45 mm | 6.2 | 9 h 29 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | -1.9°C | -10.6°C | 34 mm | 6.2 | 8 h 48 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C25 Jan 1981 | -42.8°C30 Jan 1951 | 35 mm24 Jan 1967 | 88 mm1967 · driest 3 mm in 1981 | 77 |
| February | 17.2°C29 Feb 2000 | -37.2°C2 Feb 1996 | 25 mm25 Feb 1951 | 98 mm2019 · driest 1 mm in 1969 | 77 |
| March | 28.9°C29 Mar 1986 | -37.2°C1 Mar 1962 | 53 mm29 Mar 1998 | 153 mm1998 · driest 6 mm in 1960 | 77 |
| April | 32.8°C15 Apr 2002 | -15.5°C8 Apr 2018 | 78 mm27 Apr 1975 | 180 mm1954 · driest 17 mm in 1987 | 77 |
| May | 35.0°C28 May 2018 | -6.7°C9 May 1966 | 66 mm1 May 1973 | 236 mm2013 · driest 20 mm in 1992 | 77 |
| June | 37.8°C7 Jun 2011 | 0.6°C10 Jun 1972 | 120 mm18 Jun 2011 | 265 mm1990 · driest 26 mm in 1983 | 77 |
| July | 40.0°C15 Jul 1988 | 5.6°C4 Jul 1972 | 112 mm8 Jul 1959 | 217 mm1987 · driest 16 mm in 2013 | 77 |
| August | 40.0°C1 Aug 1988 | 2.8°C20 Aug 1950 | 105 mm9 Aug 1993 | 296 mm1980 · driest 8 mm in 2003 | 76 |
| September | 37.8°C3 Sep 2023 | -5.0°C29 Sep 1967 | 152 mm10 Sep 2000 | 276 mm1986 · driest 5 mm in 1976 | 76 |
| October | 31.7°C1 Oct 1976 | -11.7°C27 Oct 1976 | 81 mm8 Oct 1949 | 143 mm1970 · driest 1 mm in 1952 | 77 |
| November | 24.4°C8 Nov 1999 | -27.8°C30 Nov 1964 | 82 mm1 Nov 1991 | 191 mm1991 · driest 1 mm in 2023 | 77 |
| December | 17.8°C5 Dec 2001 | -35.6°C19 Dec 1983 | 47 mm14 Dec 2015 | 98 mm2015 · driest 2 mm in 1958 | 77 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 31 | <1 | 11 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 | 8 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6 |
| April | 1 | <1 | 14 | 3 | 3 |
| May | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | <1 |
| June | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 11 | 2 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 2 | <1 | 10 | 2 | <1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 9 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was June (scoring 80); on 2011–2025 it is September (83). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 17% | 2% | 14% | -9.2–-2.2°C |
| February | 0% | 16% | 2% | 12% | -5.9–1.9°C |
| March | 2% | 22% | 5% | 22% | 0.6–8.9°C |
| April | 16% | 29% | 9% | 34% | 10.2–16.4°C |
| May | 43% | 31% | 11% | 39% | 18.2–23.3°C |
| June | 63% | 33% | 13% | 41% | 24.0–27.8°C |
| July | 72% | 27% | 11% | 30% | 26.1–30.3°C |
| August | 71% | 27% | 11% | 30% | 24.9–28.6°C |
| September | 49% | 27% | 8% | 33% | 20.0–24.2°C |
| October | 18% | 22% | 7% | 20% | 11.7–17.1°C |
| November | 1% | 20% | 4% | 20% | 1.0–8.5°C |
| December | 0% | 20% | 2% | 17% | -6.5–0.5°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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