All-time weather records — West Baraboo, WI

Record high
102.9°F
July 5, 2012
Record low
-45.0°F
January 30, 1951
Wettest day
7.78 in
July 18, 1993

Climate change signal in West Baraboo

16.9%

of West Baraboo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (62 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
4
6
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1940s
4
1
1950s
55
54
1960s
43
57
1970s
15
81
1980s
51
53
1990s
39
69
2000s
52
24
2010s
63
17
2020s
40
4

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 60.1°F — Jan 31, 2025 -45.0°F — Jan 30, 1951 1.11 in — Jan 21, 1917
February 72.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -41.1°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.51 in — Feb 23, 1922
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -34.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 3.80 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 91.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.05 in — Apr 20, 1993
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2018 19.0°F — May 4, 1996 3.40 in — May 13, 1978
June 102.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 30.9°F — Jun 5, 1982 5.31 in — Jun 13, 2008
July 102.9°F — Jul 5, 2012 37.9°F — Jul 10, 1996 7.78 in — Jul 18, 1993
August 102.0°F — Aug 16, 1988 5.0°F — Aug 23, 1893 5.09 in — Aug 19, 2007
September 99.0°F — Sep 9, 1955 19.9°F — Sep 29, 1949 3.40 in — Sep 12, 1961
October 91.9°F — Oct 6, 1963 10.0°F — Oct 29, 1988 3.90 in — Oct 23, 2020
November 75.9°F — Nov 3, 1964 -17.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.25 in — Nov 29, 1975
December 68.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -35.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 2.04 in — Dec 14, 2015

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