Madison, WI Weather Forecast

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🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: TROPICAL STORM FAY Sustained winds 35 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: HURRICANE ODALYS Sustained winds 75 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: HURRICANE POLO Sustained winds 140 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
Mostly cloudy night
54°

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  • Humidity: 88%
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: NE at 5 MPH
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Cloud Cover: 98%
  • UV Index: 0 - Low
  • Air Quality: Fair
  • Moon: Waxing Gibbous (94% full) · up 5:54pm, down 4:26am

☀ Solar Outbreak Watch: Quiet · largest flare C1.1 · Kp 3 The sun naps. The horde does not. full report →

Today's high of 69° F is colder than 71% of every September 24th since 2005.

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Zombie Survival Index™

55/100 — ELEVATED Locckk yourr doooorssss

  • Mild temps: standard shamble speed
  • Clear sightlines: you will see them coming
  • Darkness: their favorite

Today's undead advice: Count your group at dusk. Count again at dawn.

Rule #5 Silence is golden After dark, sound carries — and so does the smell of the living. all the Rules of Survival →

🌡 The weather here, in general

Madison gets a real winter. January nights average 14°F, and July highs reach about 81°F — a 67-degree swing across the year. Cold that deep is its own hazard: exposed skin, car batteries and water pipes all have opinions about it.

It essentially never gets hot here: fewer than five days a year reach 90°F. Cold, not heat, is the season worth preparing for.

Snow is a real feature of the year: roughly 35 inches falls in an average year, mostly across January, February, March, April and December. With 131 nights a year at or below freezing, ice on the roads is a longer season than snow on the ground.

Rainfall averages about 37 inches a year, wettest in May and driest in February.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainSnow
Jan28°14° 1.8"8.7"
Feb32°14° 1.6"7"
Mar45°27° 2.9"5.2"
Apr55°37° 3.7"4.1"
May68°50° 4.2"
Jun78°61° 4.1"
Jul81°65° 3.6"
Aug80°64° 3.3"
Sep74°58° 3.9"
Oct59°45° 3.3"0.6"
Nov46°32° 2.3"2.4"
Dec35°22° 2.2"7"

Averages from ten years of observed daily records (2015–2024) for this location. They describe what is typical, not what will happen — for that, see the forecast above.

📷 Golden Hour

  • Golden hour: 6:16pm - 6:54pm (dawn: 6:44am - 7:21am)
  • Blue hour: 6:54pm - 7:22pm (dawn: 6:15am - 6:44am)
  • Sun sets: 270° W (rises 89° E)
  • Dark sky: 8:29pm – 5:08am · next new moon Oct 11 (17d)

Blocked Sunset odds 20/100 Low cloud is sitting on the horizon. The colour never reaches you.

Waxing Gibbous
94% · full Sep 26

Sun & moon: sunrisesunset.io · cloud layers: Open-Meteo · astro & Milky Way planner →

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High: 66° F
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Low: 57° F
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High confidence ±1.9°
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Sat

Mostly clear night

High: 67° F
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Low: 51° F
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Moderate confidence ±3.4°
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Sun

Mostly cloudy night

High: 68° F
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Low: 53° F
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Low confidence ±6.6°
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Mon

Mostly cloudy night

High: 70° F
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Low: 52° F
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High confidence ±2.8°
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Thu Sep 24 1am 54° F

Mostly cloudy night
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  • Cloud Cover: 98%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 88%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 5 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 4am 54° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 79%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 90%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 4 MPH / ENE
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Thu Sep 24 7am 53° F

Cloudy
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  • Cloud Cover: 86%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 93%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 4 MPH / ENE
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Thu Sep 24 10am 63° F

Mostly sunny
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  • Cloud Cover: 21%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 79%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 6 MPH / E
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Thu Sep 24 1pm 68° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 70%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 7 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 4pm 69° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 72%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 6 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 7pm 65° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 85%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 3 MPH / ENE
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Thu Sep 24 10pm 62° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 99%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 87%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 6 MPH / ESE

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