All-time weather records — Owen, WI

Record high
100.9°F
August 2, 1988
Record low
-42.0°F
January 15, 1972
Wettest day
4.51 in
September 21, 1980

Climate change signal in Owen

15.8%

of Owen's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 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 #
1940s
47
18
1950s
34
64
1960s
40
85
1970s
24
73
1980s
54
36
1990s
36
31
2000s
58
22
2010s
20
26
2020s
53
11

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 1946, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1946-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 12, 2002 -42.0°F — Jan 15, 1972 1.17 in — Jan 25, 1967
February 66.9°F — Feb 28, 2024 -38.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 1.86 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 78.1°F — Mar 18, 2012 -36.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.26 in — Mar 16, 2016
April 87.1°F — Apr 15, 2003 1.9°F — Apr 1, 1975 2.80 in — Apr 6, 1958
May 93.0°F — May 3, 1959 12.9°F — May 6, 1989 2.60 in — May 30, 1989
June 93.9°F — Jun 25, 1988 28.0°F — Jun 10, 1972 3.80 in — Jun 6, 1980
July 99.0°F — Jul 14, 1995 35.1°F — Jul 20, 1966 3.93 in — Jul 20, 2011
August 100.9°F — Aug 2, 1988 28.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.81 in — Aug 2, 2006
September 93.9°F — Sep 4, 2023 19.9°F — Sep 25, 1947 4.51 in — Sep 21, 1980
October 88.0°F — Oct 3, 1953 8.1°F — Oct 26, 1962 4.02 in — Oct 25, 2023
November 75.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 -18.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.50 in — Nov 10, 1975
December 62.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -33.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.34 in — Dec 14, 2015

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