All-time weather records — Salem Lakes, WI

Record high
105.1°F
July 5, 1911
Record low
-36.9°F
February 8, 1904
Wettest day
8.10 in
July 18, 1996

Climate change signal in Salem Lakes

0%

of Salem Lakes'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 #
1900s
40
76
1910s
65
58
1920s
31
8
1940s
39
20
1950s
27
26
1960s
23
39
1970s
28
77
1980s
34
41
1990s
36
14
2000s
43
7

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 1901, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1901-2008.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -29.0°F — Jan 11, 1979 2.50 in — Jan 19, 1907
February 70.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -36.9°F — Feb 8, 1904 1.62 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 86.0°F — Mar 21, 1907 -15.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.85 in — Mar 5, 1976
April 90.0°F — Apr 23, 1980 6.1°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.75 in — Apr 29, 1909
May 93.9°F — May 27, 1911 23.0°F — May 4, 1907 2.60 in — May 22, 2004
June 100.0°F — Jun 22, 1911 33.1°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.64 in — Jun 13, 2000
July 105.1°F — Jul 5, 1911 41.0°F — Jul 24, 1906 8.10 in — Jul 18, 1996
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1988 35.1°F — Aug 1, 1996 4.96 in — Aug 18, 1979
September 102.0°F — Sep 6, 1922 27.0°F — Sep 25, 1942 3.81 in — Sep 23, 1986
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 1971 17.1°F — Oct 31, 1917 3.00 in — Oct 4, 1991
November 78.1°F — Nov 1, 1944 -6.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 2.40 in — Nov 21, 1906
December 68.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -24.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.00 in — Dec 14, 1907

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