All-time weather records — Kenosha, WI

Record high
106.0°F
July 5, 2012
Record low
-27.8°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
3.84 in
June 12, 2000

Climate change signal in Kenosha

47.5%

of Kenosha's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (174 of 366 records since 2015).

29.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (107 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 #
1990s
24
22
2000s
103
163
2010s
124
144
2020s
115
37

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 1998, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1997-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 7, 2008 -27.8°F — Jan 31, 2019 1.52 in — Jan 29, 2013
February 77.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -14.8°F — Feb 10, 2011 1.39 in — Feb 27, 2023
March 84.9°F — Mar 20, 2012 -13.0°F — Mar 4, 2002 1.62 in — Mar 30, 2017
April 89.1°F — Apr 18, 2002 15.3°F — Apr 7, 2018 1.82 in — Apr 9, 2015
May 93.9°F — May 27, 2018 15.3°F — May 29, 2011 2.93 in — May 18, 2000
June 100.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 32.0°F — Jun 1, 2003 3.84 in — Jun 12, 2000
July 106.0°F — Jul 5, 2012 41.0°F — Jul 2, 2001 3.53 in — Jul 7, 2010
August 100.0°F — Aug 24, 2023 41.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 2.73 in — Aug 19, 2007
September 96.1°F — Sep 10, 2013 32.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 2.89 in — Sep 11, 2022
October 88.0°F — Oct 3, 2025 19.2°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.95 in — Oct 1, 2019
November 77.0°F — Nov 9, 2020 4.1°F — Nov 22, 2015 1.79 in — Nov 2, 2003
December 68.0°F — Dec 3, 2012 -15.9°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.49 in — Dec 20, 2012

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