All-time weather records — Dorchester, WI

Record high
104.0°F
July 13, 1936
Record low
-45.0°F
February 10, 1899
Wettest day
80.00 in
March 6, 1982

Climate change signal in Dorchester

6%

of Dorchester's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1880s
·
·
1890s
80
98
1900s
74
42
1910s
19
37
1920s
16
27
1930s
38
25
1940s
16
10
1950s
21
26
1960s
5
20
1970s
11
29
1980s
13
21
1990s
16
17
2000s
21
5
2010s
21
7
2020s
15
2

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 1893, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1889-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 7, 1902 -40.0°F — Jan 6, 1912 1.50 in — Jan 29, 1914
February 60.1°F — Feb 27, 1896 -45.0°F — Feb 10, 1899 1.57 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 78.1°F — Mar 29, 1910 -40.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 80.00 in — Mar 6, 1982
April 89.1°F — Apr 29, 1952 -4.0°F — Apr 8, 1923 3.15 in — Apr 5, 1910
May 100.9°F — May 30, 1934 16.0°F — May 4, 1900 2.77 in — May 6, 1936
June 102.9°F — Jun 19, 1900 21.9°F — Jun 1, 1910 8.00 in — Jun 5, 1905
July 104.0°F — Jul 13, 1936 34.0°F — Jul 30, 1899 4.77 in — Jul 8, 1959
August 100.0°F — Aug 4, 1896 30.0°F — Aug 30, 1931 4.14 in — Aug 31, 1938
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1898 -13.0°F — Sep 16, 1910 4.27 in — Sep 9, 1938
October 89.1°F — Oct 2, 1976 1.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 5.20 in — Oct 4, 1900
November 73.0°F — Nov 1, 1944 -18.9°F — Nov 30, 1976 2.65 in — Nov 11, 1915
December 60.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -31.0°F — Dec 25, 1933 2.40 in — Dec 28, 1904

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