All-time weather records — Ashland, WI

Record high
105.1°F
August 6, 2001
Record low
-27.0°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
4.85 in
July 12, 2016

Climate change signal in Ashland

42.1%

of Ashland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (154 of 366 records since 2015).

35.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (130 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1990s
33
9
2000s
135
153
2010s
93
133
2020s
105
71

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1998, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1998-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 51.1°F — Jan 11, 2012 -27.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 1.33 in — Jan 5, 2023
February 55.9°F — Feb 17, 2011 -27.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 3.30 in — Feb 21, 2014
March 81.0°F — Mar 19, 2012 -20.0°F — Mar 2, 2014 2.22 in — Mar 16, 2016
April 88.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 0.0°F — Apr 17, 2008 3.75 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 93.9°F — May 29, 2006 23.0°F — May 4, 2011 2.37 in — May 20, 2013
June 96.1°F — Jun 21, 2022 30.0°F — Jun 1, 2015 2.99 in — Jun 17, 2018
July 100.9°F — Jul 16, 2006 37.9°F — Jul 3, 2013 4.85 in — Jul 12, 2016
August 105.1°F — Aug 6, 2001 34.0°F — Aug 29, 2004 3.40 in — Aug 25, 2014
September 95.0°F — Sep 5, 2023 27.0°F — Sep 16, 2011 2.51 in — Sep 19, 2003
October 88.0°F — Oct 2, 2023 8.1°F — Oct 26, 2020 3.02 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 77.0°F — Nov 7, 2020 -2.9°F — Nov 28, 2014 2.21 in — Nov 10, 2022
December 55.0°F — Dec 15, 2023 -20.0°F — Dec 30, 2013 1.36 in — Dec 2, 2019

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Ashland.