Cost to Own
United StatesWisconsinFlorence CountyClimate Station IRON MTN FORD AP, MI US Distance 14.6 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Florence County home comfortable runs roughly $654 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Florence County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

80.1°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 5.8°F.

Florence County gets 20.75" of precipitation a year, and 39% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 23.5° 5.8° 0.47"
February 27.4° 6.6° 0.51"
March 38.3° 16.8° 0.87"
April 52.1° 27.4° 1.59"
May 66.3° 39.5° 2.20"
June 75.9° 49.8° 2.99"
July 80.1° 54.4° 2.74"
August 77.7° 52.9° 2.44"
September 69.5° 45.2° 2.94"
October 55.1° 34.3° 2.20"
November 40.1° 23.7° 1.15"
December 28.5° 12.7° 0.65"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 39% falling in the wettest three months (Jun, Jul, Aug).

January 0.47"
February 0.51"
March 0.87"
April 1.59"
May 2.20"
June 2.99"
July 2.74"
August 2.44"
September 2.94"
October 2.20"
November 1.15"
December 0.65"
Annual total 20.75"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 296
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,708
Approximate annual cooling cost At 19.56¢/kWh, Wisconsin average $58
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $596

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Florence County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Florence County?

Florence County averages a high of 80.1°F in July and a low of 5.8°F in January. Annual precipitation is 20.75 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Florence County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 39% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Florence County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 80.1°F. That drives 296 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Florence County?

The weather station used for Florence County, IRON MTN FORD AP, MI US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 20.75 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station IRON MTN FORD AP, MI US (USW00094893), 14.6 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Wisconsin residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.