All-time weather records — Platteville, WI

Record high
102.9°F
August 17, 1988
Record low
-32.1°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
5.98 in
June 1, 2000

Climate change signal in Platteville

0%

of Platteville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
18
6
1950s
107
92
1960s
44
79
1970s
27
74
1980s
75
49
1990s
43
47
2000s
46
18
2010s
6
1

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 1943, the latest in 2010. Period of observation: 1936-2013.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 31, 1989 -29.9°F — Jan 30, 1951 1.68 in — Jan 5, 1946
February 66.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -32.1°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.71 in — Feb 27, 1998
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 1986 -27.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.55 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 3.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.42 in — Apr 14, 1974
May 93.0°F — May 30, 1953 25.0°F — May 3, 2005 3.21 in — May 17, 1999
June 100.9°F — Jun 20, 1988 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1993 5.98 in — Jun 1, 2000
July 102.0°F — Jul 27, 1955 42.1°F — Jul 4, 1967 4.92 in — Jul 8, 1951
August 102.9°F — Aug 17, 1988 37.9°F — Aug 14, 1964 5.14 in — Aug 2, 1942
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 25.0°F — Sep 22, 1974 5.35 in — Sep 14, 2003
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 12.0°F — Oct 26, 1962 2.80 in — Oct 10, 1954
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 -14.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.88 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 70.0°F — Dec 13, 1943 -26.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 2.51 in — Dec 15, 1971

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