All-time weather records — West Milwaukee, WI

Record high
102.0°F
June 20, 1953
Record low
-26.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
8.76 in
August 10, 2025

Climate change signal in West Milwaukee

9.8%

of West Milwaukee's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 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 #
1950s
54
55
1960s
73
128
1970s
61
63
1980s
42
42
1990s
5
1
2000s
82
67
2010s
13
1
2020s
36
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 1952, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1951-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 9, 2026 -26.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 2.27 in — Jan 13, 2024
February 73.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -15.0°F — Feb 18, 2006 3.08 in — Feb 5, 1986
March 82.0°F — Mar 31, 1986 -11.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.95 in — Mar 16, 2026
April 91.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 12.9°F — Apr 3, 1954 3.52 in — Apr 21, 1973
May 95.0°F — May 19, 1975 26.1°F — May 9, 1966 2.36 in — May 22, 2004
June 102.0°F — Jun 20, 1953 36.0°F — Jun 1, 2003 4.55 in — Jun 8, 2008
July 102.0°F — Jul 13, 1965 37.9°F — Jul 10, 1968 3.69 in — Jul 10, 2006
August 100.9°F — Aug 19, 1983 41.0°F — Aug 22, 1987 8.76 in — Aug 10, 2025
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 1964 32.0°F — Sep 25, 2001 3.10 in — Sep 12, 2000
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 1964 19.9°F — Oct 26, 1962 2.80 in — Oct 21, 1965
November 75.0°F — Nov 2, 1961 -6.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 1.95 in — Nov 1, 1985
December 70.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -20.9°F — Dec 24, 1983 2.56 in — Dec 2, 1982

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