All-time weather records — Dane, WI

Record high
102.0°F
July 5, 2012
Record low
-33.0°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
6.20 in
August 19, 2007

Climate change signal in Dane

58.7%

of Dane's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (215 of 366 records since 2015).

36.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (133 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 #
2000s
54
105
2010s
200
199
2020s
112
62

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 2005, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2005-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 31, 2025 -33.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 0.72 in — Jan 29, 2006
February 72.0°F — Feb 23, 2017 -33.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.25 in — Feb 17, 2008
March 82.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -14.1°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.88 in — Mar 7, 2026
April 86.0°F — Apr 30, 2007 12.0°F — Apr 15, 2014 2.55 in — Apr 14, 2014
May 98.1°F — May 29, 2018 24.1°F — May 9, 2020 3.23 in — May 27, 2015
June 97.0°F — Jun 15, 2022 37.0°F — Jun 1, 2015 4.02 in — Jun 9, 2008
July 102.0°F — Jul 5, 2012 45.0°F — Jul 17, 2014 3.68 in — Jul 23, 2010
August 99.0°F — Aug 24, 2023 39.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 6.20 in — Aug 19, 2007
September 96.1°F — Sep 4, 2023 28.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 2.54 in — Sep 1, 2010
October 90.0°F — Oct 4, 2025 21.0°F — Oct 12, 2009 4.66 in — Oct 23, 2020
November 75.9°F — Nov 4, 2015 1.0°F — Nov 21, 2014 1.55 in — Nov 5, 2022
December 68.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -18.0°F — Dec 31, 2013 1.84 in — Dec 2, 2007

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