All-time weather records — Hancock, WI

Record high
111.9°F
July 13, 1936
Record low
-43.1°F
January 30, 1951
Wettest day
9.43 in
June 21, 2002

Climate change signal in Hancock

8.2%

of Hancock's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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
5
20
1910s
26
19
1920s
19
56
1930s
72
37
1940s
28
31
1950s
35
62
1960s
22
57
1970s
18
35
1980s
35
20
1990s
30
17
2000s
24
4
2010s
33
7
2020s
19
1

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 1907, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1903-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 25, 1944 -43.1°F — Jan 30, 1951 1.20 in — Jan 29, 1909
February 71.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -40.0°F — Feb 25, 1928 2.00 in — Feb 22, 1922
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -38.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.80 in — Mar 6, 1917
April 90.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.9°F — Apr 9, 1928 2.45 in — Apr 19, 1917
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1934 18.0°F — May 10, 1966 3.46 in — May 31, 1970
June 106.0°F — Jun 27, 1933 12.9°F — Jun 1, 1982 9.43 in — Jun 21, 2002
July 111.9°F — Jul 13, 1936 37.0°F — Jul 19, 1929 5.75 in — Jul 16, 1997
August 105.1°F — Aug 24, 1948 33.1°F — Aug 14, 1964 3.95 in — Aug 18, 1940
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 1922 16.0°F — Sep 22, 1974 4.14 in — Sep 12, 1978
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 1976 0.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.34 in — Oct 24, 1959
November 78.1°F — Nov 1, 1933 -18.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.25 in — Nov 28, 1934
December 62.1°F — Dec 4, 2001 -32.1°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.60 in — Dec 19, 1966

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