All-time weather records — McFarland, WI

Record high
108.0°F
August 2, 1988
Record low
-38.0°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
6.01 in
August 21, 2018

Climate change signal in McFarland

23.5%

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

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1970s
45
133
1980s
82
122
1990s
75
64
2000s
43
19
2010s
59
21
2020s
62
7

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 1971, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1971-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 31, 2025 -33.0°F — Jan 11, 1979 1.29 in — Jan 27, 1974
February 73.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -38.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.60 in — Feb 1, 1986
March 82.9°F — Mar 22, 2012 -11.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.85 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 95.0°F — Apr 23, 1980 -5.1°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.81 in — Apr 23, 1999
May 95.0°F — May 28, 2018 21.9°F — May 7, 1989 3.74 in — May 2, 2000
June 104.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 28.9°F — Jun 9, 1977 4.88 in — Jun 16, 2018
July 102.9°F — Jul 5, 2012 36.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 4.43 in — Jul 18, 1977
August 108.0°F — Aug 2, 1988 32.0°F — Aug 16, 1979 6.01 in — Aug 21, 2018
September 99.0°F — Sep 9, 1978 19.9°F — Sep 23, 1974 3.50 in — Sep 24, 1994
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 1976 7.0°F — Oct 31, 1988 3.17 in — Oct 2, 2019
November 77.0°F — Nov 2, 2022 -14.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 3.02 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 69.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -27.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.70 in — Dec 14, 1984

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