All-time weather records — Ridgeland, WI

Record high
102.0°F
August 1, 2006
Record low
-47.0°F
January 9, 1977
Wettest day
10.18 in
January 23, 1982

Climate change signal in Ridgeland

23%

of Ridgeland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (84 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
51
102
1970s
41
107
1980s
70
66
1990s
47
31
2000s
45
19
2010s
51
32
2020s
61
9

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 1961, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 25, 1981 -47.0°F — Jan 9, 1977 10.18 in — Jan 23, 1982
February 61.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -38.0°F — Feb 1, 1996 1.41 in — Feb 20, 1953
March 80.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -41.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.94 in — Mar 15, 2002
April 91.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.9°F — Apr 8, 2018 3.25 in — Apr 16, 2003
May 93.9°F — May 29, 2018 16.0°F — May 3, 1967 2.80 in — May 21, 2021
June 97.0°F — Jun 8, 2011 28.9°F — Jun 1, 1964 5.05 in — Jun 29, 2020
July 100.0°F — Jul 15, 1988 37.0°F — Jul 4, 1972 5.27 in — Jul 4, 2004
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 2006 32.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 5.25 in — Aug 18, 1990
September 96.1°F — Sep 7, 1976 21.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 3.71 in — Sep 6, 2002
October 88.0°F — Oct 1, 1976 6.1°F — Oct 27, 1976 2.88 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 75.0°F — Nov 5, 2020 -20.9°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.77 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 61.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -42.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 2.10 in — Dec 12, 1965

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