Pleasant Prairie climate — normals and trends
Pleasant Prairie (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 867 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Pleasant Prairie averages 114 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Pleasant Prairie has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 17 August 1988) and the coldest -31.1 °C (on 3 February 1996).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Pleasant PrairieWisconsin
- coords
- 42.55°, -87.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
867mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
23.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
83.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
40.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
36 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.3 °C
17 August 1988
Coldest day
-31.1 °C
3 February 1996
Wettest day
104 mm
13 September 2008
Windiest day
60.5 km/h
11 November 1940
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
13 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-37.6 °C
20 January 1985
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
1 January 1948
Sunniest day
14.7 h
18 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 15 mm | -38 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 32 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 8.9 °C | +4.9 °C | 101 mm | +30 mm |
| Apr | 11.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 62 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | -1.9 °C | 94 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 90 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 25.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 89 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 62 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 45 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 50 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 58 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 0.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 64 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pleasant Prairie?
Pleasant Prairie has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 867 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pleasant Prairie?
The hottest day measured in Pleasant Prairie between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1988, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pleasant Prairie?
The coldest day measured in Pleasant Prairie between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1996, at -31.1 °C.
Does it snow in Pleasant Prairie?
Yes. Pleasant Prairie gets on average 83.3 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Pleasant Prairie warmed?
Yes: Pleasant Prairie warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pleasant Prairie?
The wettest day measured in Pleasant Prairie between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2008, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pleasant Prairie?
The windiest day measured in Pleasant Prairie between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1940, with winds reaching 60.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pleasant Prairie?
The warmest month in Pleasant Prairie is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Pleasant Prairie?
Pleasant Prairie receives on average 867 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pleasant Prairie?
Pleasant Prairie gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pleasant Prairie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pleasant Prairie between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1948, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pleasant Prairie?
Yes: Pleasant Prairie has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pleasant Prairie?
In Pleasant Prairie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 13 July 1995, and the lowest was -37.6 °C on 20 January 1985.
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