All-time weather records — Independence, WI

Record high
109.0°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-45.0°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
6.08 in
August 23, 1975

Climate change signal in Independence

0%

of Independence's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1920s
11
43
1930s
104
69
1940s
47
36
1950s
37
40
1960s
39
38
1970s
18
61
1980s
36
27
1990s
36
35
2000s
38
17

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 1925, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1925-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 25, 1944 -43.1°F — Jan 15, 1929 1.80 in — Jan 22, 1933
February 62.1°F — Feb 22, 1930 -45.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 2.22 in — Feb 8, 1999
March 82.9°F — Mar 27, 2007 -33.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.74 in — Mar 23, 1966
April 91.0°F — Apr 23, 1980 -4.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.82 in — Apr 24, 1990
May 98.1°F — May 20, 1934 19.9°F — May 10, 1966 3.48 in — May 1, 1954
June 107.1°F — Jun 1, 1934 28.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 3.74 in — Jun 27, 1998
July 109.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 36.0°F — Jul 4, 1972 4.17 in — Jul 1, 1978
August 105.1°F — Aug 23, 1948 30.0°F — Aug 30, 1931 6.08 in — Aug 23, 1975
September 100.0°F — Sep 11, 1931 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.69 in — Sep 14, 1994
October 90.0°F — Oct 2, 1976 1.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 4.50 in — Oct 20, 1982
November 80.1°F — Nov 3, 1938 -18.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.46 in — Nov 10, 1975
December 64.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -38.9°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.80 in — Dec 7, 1927

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