All-time weather records — River Falls, WI

Record high
109.0°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-47.0°F
February 16, 1936
Wettest day
7.37 in
June 1, 1965

Climate change signal in River Falls

11.7%

of River Falls's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (43 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1910s
1
12
1920s
31
110
1930s
80
62
1940s
35
31
1950s
25
43
1960s
28
16
1970s
3
22
1980s
36
19
1990s
37
17
2000s
27
15
2010s
29
14
2020s
34
5

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 1919, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1918-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 25, 1944 -42.0°F — Jan 30, 1951 1.53 in — Jan 20, 1996
February 63.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -47.0°F — Feb 16, 1936 1.47 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 81.0°F — Mar 17, 2012 -38.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.13 in — Mar 28, 1998
April 91.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 -8.0°F — Apr 1, 1924 4.70 in — Apr 18, 2019
May 96.1°F — May 29, 2018 19.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.31 in — May 18, 1938
June 106.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 30.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 7.37 in — Jun 1, 1965
July 109.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 37.0°F — Jul 10, 1965 5.36 in — Jul 6, 2015
August 102.9°F — Aug 4, 1947 32.0°F — Aug 30, 1931 5.52 in — Aug 8, 2009
September 102.9°F — Sep 11, 1931 21.9°F — Sep 28, 1942 4.30 in — Sep 1, 1942
October 90.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 5.0°F — Oct 28, 1988 3.84 in — Oct 17, 1996
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 1933 -18.9°F — Nov 28, 1952 1.72 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 66.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -36.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.53 in — Dec 28, 1982

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