All-time weather records — Prairie du Chien, WI

Record high
109.9°F
July 22, 1901
Record low
-36.9°F
January 15, 1963
Wettest day
8.88 in
July 31, 1902

Climate change signal in Prairie du Chien

7.7%

of Prairie du Chien's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
48
89
1900s
48
43
1910s
33
42
1920s
15
22
1930s
49
29
1940s
22
18
1950s
17
17
1960s
10
28
1970s
12
31
1980s
27
18
1990s
19
13
2000s
25
4
2010s
21
12
2020s
20
·

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 73.9°F — Jan 24, 1914 -36.9°F — Jan 15, 1963 2.00 in — Jan 9, 2026
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -36.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.66 in — Feb 5, 1986
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 1895 -33.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.80 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 96.1°F — Apr 22, 1980 0.0°F — Apr 8, 1972 3.70 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 109.0°F — May 31, 1934 21.0°F — May 5, 1944 3.08 in — May 24, 1896
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 1931 0.0°F — Jun 24, 1897 4.53 in — Jun 15, 1991
July 109.9°F — Jul 22, 1901 37.9°F — Jul 9, 1895 8.88 in — Jul 31, 1902
August 106.0°F — Aug 8, 1894 26.1°F — Aug 11, 1908 4.74 in — Aug 23, 1928
September 104.0°F — Sep 7, 1939 19.9°F — Sep 28, 1893 4.25 in — Sep 18, 1907
October 93.0°F — Oct 6, 1963 3.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.46 in — Oct 23, 2020
November 84.9°F — Nov 9, 1999 -17.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.16 in — Nov 10, 1919
December 70.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 27, 1950 2.35 in — Dec 14, 2015

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Prairie du Chien.