Storm door cost in Madison, WI

Madison weather and the storm door calendar

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Madison Dane Rgnl Ap (5 miles from the city center). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For exterior installation, the comfortable months in Madison are April through November: 8 of 12. Outside them, January, February, March and December have an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January, February, March and December the average high stays below 45°F. Sealants, adhesives and some materials, such as vinyl, are harder to install well in the cold, and short daylight cuts the working day.

Madison gets about 37 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 52 inches of snow. The wettest months are June, July and August (5.3 inches in June). Inside the workable window, October and November are the driest, at 2.8 and 2.2 inches. The station averages about 9 days a year at 90°F or above.

We do not adjust the estimate by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. It is still worth asking contractors whether an off-peak start date changes their bid.

Planning more than one job in Madison?

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Madison wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, patio door comes out highest (+5%) and front door lowest (−3%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

What local crews earn in Madison

The labor line is built from BLS wage data, one trade at a time. This job draws on 2 trades. We compare each trade's local median with the US median, weight the ratios by how much of the job each trade does, and apply the blend to the national labor cost. For Madison the blend is 1.07.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $30.52 an hour, 5% above the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $25.71 and $39.68 an hour. About 2,320 work in the metro. That is 56.9 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, which suggests plenty of local crews to bid.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 20%) the local median is $27.56 an hour, which is 16% above the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $22.30 and $31.19 an hour. BLS counts 3,790 of them working in the area, 92.9 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is about average.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (carpenters) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $65 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $35. That is a swing of roughly 5.4% to 10.3% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Madison has 408,070 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 61st by size among the 300 metros on this site.

How Madison compares

Same job, same size (1 door), priced for the nearest metros. Oshkosh is the priciest of the group at $720. La Crosse is the cheapest at $620.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Madison ranks #91 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Madison is 1% above the Wisconsin figure.

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

Metros of a similar size

Big cities and small ones price differently, so here is Madison against the 4 metros with the closest total employment.

Why two Madison quotes can differ

• Replacing versus new

  Replacing an old storm door runs $400-$1,050 because the old door has to come off.

• Screens and features

  Self-storing and retractable screens, ventilating glass and security features all raise the price.

• Permit

  No permit fee is included in this estimate; storm doors rarely need one.

Pick a size, pick a tier: storm door pricing in Madison

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Madison. Bands overlap, because plenty of standard jobs cost as much as a light premium one. Sizes run from one storm door to front and back doors.