All-time weather records — Sturgeon Bay, WI

Record high
105.1°F
July 13, 1936
Record low
-29.0°F
January 17, 1982
Wettest day
4.57 in
August 25, 1910

Climate change signal in Sturgeon Bay

9%

of Sturgeon Bay's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
10
33
1910s
30
66
1920s
46
61
1930s
50
55
1940s
34
27
1950s
29
32
1960s
26
27
1970s
14
22
1980s
20
18
1990s
31
15
2000s
29
4
2010s
23
5
2020s
24
1

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1905-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 26, 1944 -29.0°F — Jan 17, 1982 1.32 in — Jan 16, 1980
February 57.9°F — Feb 22, 2017 -29.0°F — Feb 9, 1933 1.57 in — Feb 21, 1937
March 75.9°F — Mar 8, 2000 -23.1°F — Mar 2, 1962 2.17 in — Mar 2, 1906
April 84.9°F — Apr 25, 1990 1.9°F — Apr 4, 1923 1.98 in — Apr 1, 2008
May 91.0°F — May 28, 1944 19.9°F — May 4, 1907 3.85 in — May 28, 1973
June 100.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 28.9°F — Jun 8, 1949 3.20 in — Jun 26, 2016
July 105.1°F — Jul 13, 1936 36.0°F — Jul 18, 1912 3.96 in — Jul 6, 1993
August 102.0°F — Aug 21, 1955 32.0°F — Aug 30, 1934 4.57 in — Aug 25, 1910
September 96.1°F — Sep 9, 1931 26.1°F — Sep 25, 1947 3.71 in — Sep 1, 1979
October 86.0°F — Oct 6, 1963 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 2.80 in — Oct 4, 2006
November 73.9°F — Nov 5, 2008 -6.0°F — Nov 24, 1950 1.98 in — Nov 22, 1934
December 60.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -22.0°F — Dec 27, 1933 3.60 in — Dec 28, 1959

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