All-time weather records — Ellsworth, WI

Record high
105.1°F
July 14, 1995
Record low
-40.0°F
December 19, 1983
Wettest day
7.10 in
September 16, 1992

Climate change signal in Ellsworth

16.9%

of Ellsworth's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (62 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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 #
1900s
8
7
1940s
57
17
1950s
29
44
1960s
32
34
1970s
20
29
1980s
50
121
1990s
55
52
2000s
29
15
2010s
39
34
2020s
47
13

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 1908, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1908-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 10, 2012 -36.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 1.50 in — Jan 26, 2001
February 64.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -36.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.70 in — Feb 11, 2013
March 80.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -29.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.17 in — Mar 30, 1998
April 88.0°F — Apr 13, 2023 1.0°F — Apr 5, 2018 4.13 in — Apr 27, 1975
May 93.9°F — May 15, 2013 19.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.33 in — May 5, 1959
June 98.1°F — Jun 9, 1985 30.9°F — Jun 4, 1945 5.73 in — Jun 29, 2020
July 105.1°F — Jul 14, 1995 37.9°F — Jul 7, 1984 5.23 in — Jul 1, 1978
August 99.0°F — Aug 4, 1947 35.1°F — Aug 21, 2004 4.40 in — Aug 30, 2014
September 96.1°F — Sep 4, 2023 21.9°F — Sep 25, 1985 7.10 in — Sep 16, 1992
October 90.0°F — Oct 2, 2023 1.0°F — Oct 4, 1992 2.85 in — Oct 9, 1970
November 77.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -15.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.44 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 63.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -40.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.31 in — Dec 28, 1982

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