All-time weather records — Elmwood Park, WI

Record high
107.1°F
July 10, 1901
Record low
-31.0°F
January 11, 1982
Wettest day
6.75 in
September 12, 2022

Climate change signal in Elmwood Park

7.9%

of Elmwood Park's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1890s
9
18
1900s
20
47
1910s
30
33
1920s
38
34
1930s
72
28
1940s
33
42
1950s
31
32
1960s
16
40
1970s
19
31
1980s
23
30
1990s
18
10
2000s
20
5
2010s
19
14
2020s
18
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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -31.0°F — Jan 11, 1982 3.03 in — Jan 24, 1938
February 66.9°F — Feb 23, 2017 -24.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 2.46 in — Feb 2, 2011
March 82.9°F — Mar 30, 1986 -11.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.65 in — Mar 5, 1976
April 91.9°F — Apr 10, 1930 10.0°F — Apr 2, 1899 4.80 in — Apr 5, 1947
May 96.1°F — May 25, 1911 25.0°F — May 10, 1966 3.69 in — May 22, 2004
June 106.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 33.1°F — Jun 4, 1945 3.55 in — Jun 3, 1954
July 107.1°F — Jul 10, 1901 42.1°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.99 in — Jul 3, 2000
August 104.0°F — Aug 6, 1918 39.9°F — Aug 25, 1977 4.10 in — Aug 19, 2007
September 102.0°F — Sep 7, 1939 28.0°F — Sep 25, 1942 6.75 in — Sep 12, 2022
October 93.0°F — Oct 7, 1990 14.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.15 in — Oct 5, 1991
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1944 -5.1°F — Nov 24, 1950 2.50 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 66.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -23.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 1.90 in — Dec 3, 1982

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