<p>Aside from the humidity during the summers, the non-winter seasons in Madison are fairly pleasant. What you might not gather from these average temperatures is that with windchill, it is fairly common for the temperatures to be -20 deg Fahrenheit to -40 deg Fahrenheit for a couple of weeks. Frost bite is a serious concern and since the Madison campus is large, you conceivably might be walking for an hour at those temperatures, maybe even across lake Mendota. There are campus buses but during those times of the year, they get really crowded and less reliable.</p>