All-time weather records — Lime Ridge, WI

Record high
104.0°F
July 31, 1988
Record low
-42.0°F
January 30, 1951
Wettest day
20.00 in
May 4, 1982

Climate change signal in Lime Ridge

16.4%

of Lime Ridge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
14
17
1910s
27
41
1940s
31
20
1950s
41
72
1960s
34
77
1970s
32
60
1980s
61
46
1990s
10
·
2000s
23
6
2010s
57
21
2020s
36
6

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 31, 2025 -42.0°F — Jan 30, 1951 1.85 in — Jan 9, 2026
February 72.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -40.0°F — Feb 1, 1918 1.20 in — Feb 21, 1976
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 1986 -34.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.56 in — Mar 16, 2016
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.65 in — Apr 14, 2014
May 93.9°F — May 29, 2018 23.0°F — May 4, 1966 20.00 in — May 4, 1982
June 102.9°F — Jun 20, 1988 34.0°F — Jun 2, 1956 5.33 in — Jun 8, 2008
July 104.0°F — Jul 31, 1988 41.0°F — Jul 3, 1968 4.81 in — Jul 15, 2010
August 102.9°F — Aug 1, 1988 34.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 6.07 in — Aug 2, 2001
September 98.1°F — Sep 9, 1955 24.1°F — Sep 22, 1974 4.01 in — Sep 22, 2016
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 1976 9.0°F — Oct 30, 1988 4.68 in — Oct 23, 2020
November 75.9°F — Nov 3, 1964 -11.9°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.14 in — Nov 12, 1982
December 66.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -27.0°F — Dec 21, 1989 2.00 in — Dec 14, 2015

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