All-time weather records — Prescott, WI

Record high
102.0°F
August 3, 1941
Record low
-36.0°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
8.06 in
August 11, 1945

Climate change signal in Prescott

31.7%

of Prescott's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (116 of 366 records since 2015).

13.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (50 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
8
13
1930s
8
5
1940s
51
34
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
8
1970s
6
10
1980s
1
9
1990s
58
132
2000s
68
58
2010s
83
75
2020s
83
22

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 79.0°F — Jan 2, 2007 -34.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 1.44 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 64.9°F — Feb 27, 2024 -36.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.62 in — Feb 28, 1948
March 80.1°F — Mar 18, 2012 -20.0°F — Mar 3, 2014 8.00 in — Mar 16, 2026
April 91.0°F — Apr 16, 2002 8.1°F — Apr 5, 1995 3.10 in — Apr 28, 1975
May 96.1°F — May 13, 2022 26.1°F — May 13, 2016 3.50 in — May 6, 2012
June 100.0°F — Jun 6, 2021 37.9°F — Jun 2, 1998 5.83 in — Jun 1, 1965
July 100.9°F — Jul 14, 1995 46.9°F — Jul 25, 2008 5.37 in — Jul 24, 1987
August 102.0°F — Aug 3, 1941 42.1°F — Aug 22, 2004 8.06 in — Aug 11, 1945
September 97.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 28.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 5.00 in — Sep 16, 1992
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 2023 18.0°F — Oct 28, 2020 2.40 in — Oct 5, 1955
November 78.1°F — Nov 4, 2020 -11.0°F — Nov 24, 1893 1.95 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -25.1°F — Dec 19, 2016 1.72 in — Dec 26, 2016

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