All-time weather records — Balsam Lake, WI

Record high
100.9°F
July 15, 1988
Record low
-44.0°F
December 19, 1983
Wettest day
4.23 in
October 5, 2005

Climate change signal in Balsam Lake

26.2%

of Balsam Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (96 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1970s
36
133
1980s
78
95
1990s
54
62
2000s
62
35
2010s
71
30
2020s
65
11

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 1971, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1971-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.0°F — Jan 8, 2003 -43.1°F — Jan 9, 1977 1.38 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 59.0°F — Mar 1, 2000 -38.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.02 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 80.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -23.1°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.41 in — Mar 12, 1977
April 89.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -0.9°F — Apr 8, 2018 2.76 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 93.0°F — May 27, 2018 19.9°F — May 3, 2005 3.01 in — May 28, 1978
June 97.0°F — Jun 7, 2011 32.0°F — Jun 20, 1992 3.66 in — Jun 14, 1981
July 100.9°F — Jul 15, 1988 39.0°F — Jul 4, 1972 4.14 in — Jul 14, 2010
August 100.0°F — Aug 1, 1988 33.1°F — Aug 28, 1986 3.99 in — Aug 20, 1998
September 96.1°F — Sep 7, 1976 21.9°F — Sep 22, 1974 3.18 in — Sep 8, 1991
October 87.1°F — Oct 2, 2023 9.0°F — Oct 27, 1976 4.23 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 73.0°F — Nov 2, 2022 -20.9°F — Nov 30, 1976 2.07 in — Nov 1, 1991
December 61.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -44.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.50 in — Dec 30, 2004

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