Average Snowfall for Wisconsin in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and other locations in Wisconsin. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern Wisconsin, Southwest Wisconsin, Northern Wisconsin and the Lake Superior Shore.

Eastern Wisconsin

Average total snowfall in January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
8.2	Appleton	12.6	32.0
8.6	Crivitz, High Falls Flowage	14.0	35.6
5.8	Fond du Lac	10.8	27.4
10.3	Green Bay	14.3	36.3
6.6	Kenosha	11.3	28.7
10.0	Lake Geneva	13.9	35.3
3.7	Manitowoc	7.8	19.8
8.0	Marinette	11.7	29.7
10.0	Milwaukee	14.9	37.8
6.3	Oshkosh	9.8	24.9
6.4	Racine	13.3	33.8
7.3	Sturgeon Bay	15.6	39.6
8.7	Washington Island	15.0	38.1
7.1	Watertown	11.0	27.9
5.1	Whitewater	8.5	21.6

Southwest Wisconsin

January snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
6.7	Baraboo	11.3	28.7
5.3	Beaver Dam	13.0	33.0
6.2	Beloit	9.8	24.9
8.6	La Crosse	11.8	30.0
10.1	Madison	13.7	34.8
6.8	Platteville	11.0	27.9
5.6	Prairie du Chien	9.0	22.9
7.4	Viroqua	11.3	28.7
6.6	Wisconsin Dells	11.5	29.2
6.8	Wisconsin Rapids	12.2	31.0

Northern Wisconsin

Average snow for January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
8.7	Drummond	15.5	39.4
10.9	Eau Claire	13.5	34.3
8.3	Rest Lake, Manitowish Waters	16.7	42.4
9.1	Rhinelander	12.0	30.5
6.8	Rice Lake	10.5	26.7
4.9	St Croix Falls	7.7	19.6
9.0	Stevens Point	11.6	29.5
11.3	Wausau	14.8	37.6
7.2	Willow Reservoir	10.1	25.7

Lake Superior Shore

Average total snowfall in January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
19.8	Bayfield	29.5	74.9
13.4	Hurley	38.8	98.6
10.1	Madeline Island	18.8	47.8
6.8	Superior	14.5	36.8