Climate and average weather in New Berlin

In New Berlin, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in New Berlin typically varies from 17°F to 79°F, and is rarely below -1°F or above 87°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit New Berlin for warm-weather activities is from late May to early October.

Hottest
Jul
79°
Coldest
Jan
17°
Wettest
Apr
4.1 in
Driest
Feb
1.9 in
Rain / yr
34.9 in
116 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
922 ft
43.0°N
Clearest
Sep
52% cloud

New Berlin is city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.

Density
417/km²
people per km²
Founded
1840

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

New Berlin weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in New Berlin, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 29 to September 25, with daily high temperatures above 66°F. The hottest month of the year in New Berlin is July, with an average high of 79°F and low of 66°F.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from December 2 to March 11, with daily high temperatures below 38°F. The coldest month of the year in New Berlin is January, with an average low of 17°F and high of 29°F.

Days typically run about 12°F warmer than nights year-round.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan2917
Feb3119
Mar4028
Apr5038
May6248
Jun7360
Jul7966
Aug7765
Sep7158
Oct5846
Nov4534
Dec3424

How hot and cold New Berlin really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 3°F (around January 20), with roughly 167 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F) 86 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan2929517
Feb3131719
Mar40401828
Apr50503138
May61624548
Jun73736060
Jul79796666
Aug77776565
Sep71715858
Oct58584146
Nov45452634
Dec34341324

Average hourly temperature in New Berlin

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 79°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 17°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

New Berlin weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 17°2.08.96.89.20.0
Feb31° / 19°1.975.510.20.0
Mar40° / 28°2.49.54.111.60.2
Apr50° / 38°4.111.91.713.12.2
May62° / 48°3.611.6014.44.9
Jun73° / 60°3.510.8015.16.6
Jul79° / 66°3.210.1014.86.7
Aug77° / 65°3.610.7013.86.8
Sep71° / 58°3.09.2012.36.7
Oct58° / 46°3.19.10.210.84.4
Nov45° / 34°2.48.61.79.51.0
Dec34° / 24°2.28.55.48.90.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

New Berlin gets about 34.9 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.5 months, from around Mar 24 to Jul 7, peaking in April at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 8.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 4.1 in over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 1.9 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 12 · 41%Feb 8 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan289
Feb257
Mar3110
Apr3912
May3712
Jun3611
Jul3310
Aug3411
Sep319
Oct299
Nov289
Dec289

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, New Berlin collects about 34.9 in of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 2.9 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 4.1 in, while February is the driest at just 1.9 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

012345JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2.01.92.44.13.63.53.23.63.03.12.42.2
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2.097
Feb1.976
Mar2.4104
Apr4.1122
May3.6120
Jun3.5110
Jul3.2100
Aug3.6110
Sep3.090
Oct3.190
Nov2.492
Dec2.295

Snow in New Berlin

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

New Berlin averages about 25 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 30 to Apr 28 — about 6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 13 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 47 in of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 15
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan713
Feb611
Mar46
Apr24
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov23
Dec510

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In New Berlin, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 23 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 18. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 56% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 22. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 4 · 59%Jan 3 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3268
Feb3763
Mar3961
Apr3763
May4258
Jun4951
Jul5644
Aug5644
Sep5545
Oct4555
Nov3664
Dec3169

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 16, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.27:274:37
Feb10.27:005:15
Mar11.66:135:51
Apr13.15:176:28
May14.44:357:02
Jun15.14:187:27
Jul14.84:327:24
Aug13.85:036:50
Sep12.35:385:55
Oct10.86:135:02
Nov9.56:534:22
Dec8.97:234:14

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

New Berlin averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.0 months, from around May 23 to Oct 20. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 6 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the September peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedSep 413 daysJan 76 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb7Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun9Mixed
Jul11Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep12Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
Dec6Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In New Berlin, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.8 months, from around June 1 to September 24. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 63% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 25 to May 31, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 7 · 100%Jul 19 · 33%oppressivemuggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar10000000
Apr9910000
May8595100
Jun4025201420
Jul15222826101
Aug1625262580
Sep5121161120
Oct9063100
Nov9910000
Dec10000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in New Berlin is typically light breeze, near 10 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.3 months, from around Sep 24 to May 3. The windiest month is January, averaging about 11 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 4 to Sep 23, with August the calmest month at about 8 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 3 · 11 mphAug 7 · 8 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan11light breeze
Feb10light breeze
Mar10light breeze
Apr10light breeze
May9light breeze
Jun8light breeze
Jul8light breeze
Aug8light breeze
Sep9light breeze
Oct11light breeze
Nov11light breeze
Dec11light breeze

Best time to visit New Berlin

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in New Berlin throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early June, New Berlin is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit New Berlin for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the first week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 3 · 7.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.3poor
Apr2.2poor
May4.9fair
Jun6.6good
Jul6.7good
Aug6.8good
Sep6.7good
Oct4.4fair
Nov1.1poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit New Berlin for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 12 · 6.5

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for New Berlin, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 79°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 29°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, New Berlin sees daytime highs around 79°F and nights near 66°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

Sea temperature near New Berlin

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 mi away) is warmest in August at about 70°F and coldest in March near 36°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 24 to Sep 2 — about 1.3 months when the water holds above 68°F.

30°40°50°60°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan38Bracing
Feb36Bracing
Mar36Bracing
Apr38Bracing
May43Bracing
Jun55Bracing
Jul67Cool
Aug70Refreshing
Sep66Cool
Oct56Bracing
Nov47Bracing
Dec41Bracing

UV index (midday) in New Berlin by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in New Berlin peaks around June 22 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 9Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in New Berlin

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar40
Apr60
May7.54
Jun8.55
Jul8.55
Aug7.54
Sep5.50
Oct1.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in New Berlin by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in New Berlin is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1017 µg/m³Oct 249 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in New Berlin typically lasts about 238 days, from around March 29 to November 21 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 19 to October 28.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonJan 2410%Mar 2950%Apr 1990%Oct 2890%Nov 2150%Jan 2010%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1231
Feb1328
Mar3331
Apr8118
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct962
Nov6030
Dec2331

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. New Berlin banks about 2,511 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May154
Jun496
Jul698
Aug657
Sep421
Oct85
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

New Berlin receives about 4.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.5 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.5 kWh/m² — roughly 76% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 306.5 kWhDec 201.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.8Dim
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.1Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May5.9Bright
Jun6.4Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug5.4Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct2.9Moderate
Nov1.9Dim
Dec1.5Dim

Where is New Berlin?

New Berlin sits at 43.0°N, 88.1°W, 922 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Greenfield, 5.0 mi away.

Topography around New Berlin

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of New Berlin.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around New Berlin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 ft around an average of 886 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 ft.

The land around New Berlin is covered by trees (43%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (22%) within 2 miles, trees (40%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (23%) within 10 miles, and water (34%), cropland (28%) and trees (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
194 ft
10 miles
627 ft
50 miles
846 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Greenfield 5.0 mi · Muskego 5.0 mi · Brookfield 5.6 mi · West Allis 5.6 mi · Waukesha 6.8 mi · Franklin 6.8 mi · Wauwatosa 7.5 mi · Milwaukee 11 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for New Berlin (42.9764°, -88.1084°, elevation 922 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).