All-time weather records — West Salem, WI

Record high
96.1°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-31.0°F
January 30, 2019
Wettest day
7.59 in
August 19, 2007

Climate change signal in West Salem

42.6%

of West Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (156 of 366 records since 2015).

37.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (136 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 #
2000s
149
167
2010s
122
127
2020s
95
72

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 2000, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2000-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 30, 2025 -31.0°F — Jan 30, 2019 1.21 in — Jan 8, 2026
February 66.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -18.9°F — Feb 7, 2021 1.05 in — Feb 27, 2023
March 81.0°F — Mar 17, 2012 -15.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 1.88 in — Mar 31, 2023
April 87.1°F — Apr 16, 2002 9.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 1.94 in — Apr 9, 2013
May 93.0°F — May 27, 2018 25.0°F — May 3, 2013 2.56 in — May 18, 2000
June 93.0°F — Jun 24, 2009 39.0°F — Jun 1, 2015 3.10 in — Jun 26, 2021
July 96.1°F — Jul 6, 2012 46.0°F — Jul 28, 2013 3.26 in — Jul 19, 2017
August 96.1°F — Aug 1, 2006 44.1°F — Aug 21, 2004 7.59 in — Aug 19, 2007
September 90.0°F — Sep 7, 2003 33.1°F — Sep 15, 2011 3.04 in — Sep 23, 2010
October 84.9°F — Oct 3, 2025 18.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.74 in — Oct 6, 2017
November 73.0°F — Nov 2, 2022 1.9°F — Nov 12, 2019 1.55 in — Nov 3, 2024
December 64.9°F — Dec 15, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.90 in — Dec 13, 2015

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