Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Eau Claire, WI. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Eau Claire is a coin-flip kind of day — expect something close to 50° for a high, but history says anything is possible. The date's range is jaw-dropping: a balmy 85° in 2021 and a brutal 5° low back in 2018. There's a 13% chance of snow today, so don't put those boots away just yet.
Eau Claire plays hardball with weather extremes. The thermometer has swung from a suffocating 104° in July 1988 all the way down to -45° in January 1951 — a range of 149 degrees. A single storm dropped 22 inches of snow in December 2010, and a September deluge in 2000 dumped nearly 6 inches of rain in one day.
Summer is short and sweet in Eau Claire, with highs peaking around 83-84° in mid-July — that's your window for warm weather. Winters are no joke, with January highs averaging just 22° and a January 15-21 stretch that ranks as the coldest of the year. If you're watching for rain, late summer is the wettest stretch, averaging 1.2 inches in early August.