All-time weather records — Barron, WI

Record high
100.9°F
August 1, 2006
Record low
-43.1°F
January 17, 1982
Wettest day
5.51 in
August 27, 1960

Climate change signal in Barron

21.9%

of Barron's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (80 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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 #
1940s
·
·
1950s
26
32
1960s
47
103
1970s
27
101
1980s
60
58
1990s
41
29
2000s
53
16
2010s
58
23
2020s
54
4

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 1952, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 11, 1966 -43.1°F — Jan 17, 1982 1.46 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 55.9°F — Feb 17, 2011 -36.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.20 in — Feb 15, 1967
March 80.1°F — Mar 31, 1986 -38.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.89 in — Mar 23, 1991
April 90.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 8, 2018 3.00 in — Apr 26, 1954
May 93.9°F — May 28, 2018 15.1°F — May 3, 1967 3.25 in — May 21, 2021
June 98.1°F — Jun 8, 2011 28.0°F — Jun 10, 1972 3.86 in — Jun 24, 1951
July 100.0°F — Jul 15, 1988 36.0°F — Jul 1, 1969 3.04 in — Jul 23, 1965
August 100.9°F — Aug 1, 2006 34.0°F — Aug 21, 2004 5.51 in — Aug 27, 1960
September 95.0°F — Sep 7, 1976 21.9°F — Sep 28, 1981 2.55 in — Sep 15, 1994
October 87.1°F — Oct 1, 1976 9.0°F — Oct 26, 1981 5.30 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 73.0°F — Nov 3, 2022 -22.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 3.05 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 60.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -40.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.62 in — Dec 28, 1982

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