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Weather in Lake Tomahawk, WI · National Weather Service + NOAA

Lake Tomahawk is snow country

Lake Tomahawk has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 77°, a January night drops to 3°, and about 99 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 38°, and nights fall to 23°.

Winter 24°/6°Spring 51°/27°Summer 75°/53°Fall 53°/34°
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Sunrise 6:41 am · sunset 4:42 pm

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What stands out about Lake Tomahawk’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 99 inches a winter, more than 2,012 of 2,046 Wisconsin towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 77°, cooler than 97% of U.S. towns.Real wintersJanuary nights average 3°, colder than 92% of U.S. towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 136 days a year.
A normal year

Where today sits in Lake Tomahawk’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
24° / 6°
34 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
51° / 27°
Last frost around May 23
Summer
75° / 53°
2 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
53° / 34°
First frost around Sep 27
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 27). Last frost next spring: May 23
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Lake Tomahawk get?About 99 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 4.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.4° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Lake Tomahawk itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Minocqua, WI (10 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.