All-time weather records — Ladysmith, WI

Record high
102.0°F
July 15, 2006
Record low
-42.0°F
January 24, 1904
Wettest day
5.08 in
August 28, 1960

Climate change signal in Ladysmith

23.5%

of Ladysmith's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (86 of 366 records since 2015).

18.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (67 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
9
11
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
3
·
1950s
67
76
1960s
58
58
1970s
39
53
1980s
23
18
2000s
34
33
2010s
71
92
2020s
62
25

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 1901, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 51.1°F — Jan 25, 1981 -42.0°F — Jan 24, 1904 1.89 in — Jan 7, 1946
February 61.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -36.0°F — Feb 8, 1951 1.26 in — Feb 22, 1981
March 80.1°F — Mar 26, 2007 -35.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.75 in — Mar 16, 2016
April 90.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 2, 2018 2.83 in — Apr 3, 1934
May 93.0°F — May 2, 1959 17.1°F — May 1, 1978 3.70 in — May 30, 1942
June 97.0°F — Jun 13, 1956 28.9°F — Jun 8, 1901 4.50 in — Jun 18, 2018
July 102.0°F — Jul 15, 2006 35.1°F — Jul 20, 1902 3.92 in — Jul 8, 1959
August 99.0°F — Aug 2, 1964 28.9°F — Aug 18, 1950 5.08 in — Aug 28, 1960
September 95.0°F — Sep 7, 1976 23.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 3.11 in — Sep 2, 1964
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 1976 10.0°F — Oct 28, 2020 2.64 in — Oct 14, 1966
November 75.0°F — Nov 4, 2008 -16.1°F — Nov 28, 1976 2.00 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 59.0°F — Dec 3, 1962 -38.0°F — Dec 31, 2013 1.75 in — Dec 25, 1932

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