All-time weather records — Burlington, WI

Record high
105.1°F
July 14, 1995
Record low
-27.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
5.45 in
August 15, 2023

Climate change signal in Burlington

11.5%

of Burlington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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
·
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1950s
62
53
1960s
52
72
1970s
45
62
1980s
57
32
1990s
44
61
2000s
38
39
2010s
47
35
2020s
21
12

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 1951, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 8, 2008 -27.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 1.73 in — Jan 7, 1962
February 73.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -27.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.75 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 82.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -15.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 2.94 in — Mar 5, 1976
April 90.0°F — Apr 23, 1980 3.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.08 in — Apr 18, 2026
May 93.9°F — May 29, 1991 21.9°F — May 10, 1966 3.77 in — May 13, 2014
June 102.0°F — Jun 26, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1964 5.09 in — Jun 13, 1950
July 105.1°F — Jul 14, 1995 39.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 4.95 in — Jul 12, 2017
August 102.0°F — Aug 2, 1988 35.1°F — Aug 30, 1999 5.45 in — Aug 15, 2023
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 1953 23.0°F — Sep 23, 1974 4.60 in — Sep 18, 2015
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 1971 15.1°F — Oct 29, 1952 2.80 in — Oct 22, 1965
November 75.9°F — Nov 1, 1974 -9.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 2.15 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 66.9°F — Dec 6, 2001 -18.0°F — Dec 21, 1989 2.21 in — Dec 3, 1982

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