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Wausau, WI

44.928°N, 89.625°W · station AUWthr · 132 years of record
55°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Wausau.
64°WED9/263°THU9/364°FRI9/463°SAT9/563°SUN9/659°MON9/755°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Wausau — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#77 / 130
coldest Sep 8 in 130 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

37°F
set in 1932

Mildest Sep 8 ever

70°F
set in 1959
Forecast low 55°F — 77th coldest Sep 8 of 130 years · record 37°F (1932) · coldest since 2025.
1895: 47°F1896: 45°F1897: 66°F1898: 40°F1900: 61°F1901: 46°F1902: 56°F1903: 56°F1904: 58°F1905: 41°F1906: 58°F1907: 55°F1908: 39°F1909: 52°F1910: 60°F1911: 48°F1912: 54°F1913: 55°F1914: 41°F1915: 58°F1916: 54°F1917: 47°F1918: 49°F1919: 66°F1920: 44°F1921: 61°F1922: 66°F1923: 46°F1924: 50°F1925: 52°F1926: 55°F1927: 63°F1928: 52°F1929: 48°F1930: 46°F1931: 65°F1932: 37°F1933: 61°F1934: 42°F1935: 42°F1936: 62°F1937: 58°F1938: 53°F1939: 55°F1940: 58°F1941: 49°F1942: 55°F1943: 44°F1944: 39°F1945: 62°F1946: 48°F1947: 59°F1948: 56°F1949: 40°F1950: 42°F1951: 38°F1952: 38°F1953: 49°F1954: 48°F1955: 48°F1956: 37°F1957: 41°F1958: 44°F1959: 70°F1960: 68°F1961: 62°F1962: 57°F1963: 56°F1964: 54°F1965: 42°F1966: 48°F1967: 56°F1968: 39°F1969: 44°F1970: 58°F1971: 60°F1972: 56°F1973: 50°F1974: 46°F1975: 42°F1976: 61°F1977: 54°F1978: 65°F1979: 42°F1980: 59°F1981: 49°F1982: 49°F1983: 52°F1984: 58°F1985: 66°F1986: 48°F1987: 58°F1988: 45°F1989: 62°F1990: 54°F1991: 60°F1992: 55°F1993: 44°F1994: 51°F1995: 37°F1996: 57°F1997: 57°F1998: 46°F1999: 56°F2000: 50°F2001: 57°F2002: 59°F2003: 61°F2004: 49°F2005: 50°F2006: 47°F2007: 53°F2008: 50°F2009: 49°F2010: 43°F2011: 53°F2012: 50°F2013: 55°F2014: 51°F2015: 59°F2016: 66°F2017: 40°F2018: 47°F2019: 50°F2020: 48°F2021: 55°F2022: 57°F2023: 53°F2024: 38°F2025: 39°F55° forecast35404550556065701900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 855°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record37°F
This-date rank#77 of 130
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-40°F (1899)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1895–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Wausau in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan54°FJan 24, 1942-40°FJan 30, 1951
Feb68°FFeb 27, 2024-40°FFeb 10, 1899
Mar80°FMar 29, 1910-33°FMar 1, 1962
Apr91°FApr 28, 19523°FApr 1, 1924
May104°FMay 31, 193420°FMay 4, 1907
Jun100°FJun 29, 193129°FJun 1, 1897
Jul107°FJul 13, 193637°FJul 21, 1904
Aug99°FAug 24, 194832°FAug 30, 1915
Sep99°FSep 10, 193118°FSep 30, 1899
Oct91°FOct 1, 19768°FOct 30, 1925
Nov75°FNov 1, 1933-15°FNov 25, 1950
Dec61°FDec 2, 1982-27°FDec 15, 1901
All-time107°FJul 13, 1936-40°FFeb 10, 1899

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Wausau so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 4, 1999

Coldest high ever

-20°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 2, 1996
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan39°FJan 26, 1944-19°FJan 18, 1994
Feb41°FFeb 29, 2000-20°FFeb 2, 1996
Mar60°FMar 21, 2012-2°FMar 2, 1943
Apr68°FApr 14, 194121°FApr 2, 1971
May71°FMay 29, 189534°FMay 7, 1960
Jun78°FJun 22, 202544°FJun 1, 1945
Jul78°FJul 4, 199959°FJul 24, 1915
Aug76°FAug 2, 198855°FAug 3, 1915
Sep72°FSep 14, 193938°FSep 29, 1899
Oct68°FOct 3, 200520°FOct 28, 1925
Nov57°FNov 2, 19382°FNov 29, 1929
Dec47°FDec 3, 1962-16°FDec 23, 1983
All-time78°FJul 4, 1999-20°FFeb 2, 1996

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

160 days
record run, ended Apr 15 1957

So far in 2026

103 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Wausau's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 52°F · forecast is +3° vs normal.
Jan: 23°FJan: 7°FFeb: 28°FFeb: 10°FMar: 40°FMar: 21°FApr: 54°FApr: 33°FMay: 67°FMay: 45°FJun: 76°FJun: 55°FJul: 80°FJul: 59°FAug: 78°FAug: 58°FSep: 70°FSep: 49°FOct: 56°FOct: 38°FNov: 41°FNov: 26°FDec: 28°FDec: 14°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:20 AM
Sunset6:36 PM
Solar noon11:58 AM
Daylight13h 16m · losing 20 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

44.93°N, 89.62°W

Nearby Stations

Rhinelander, WI49 mi NGreen Bay, WI79 mi EEau Claire, WI91 mi WLa Crosse, WI108 mi SWHayward, WI116 mi NWMadison, WI124 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

Wausau's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Wausau, WI — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Wausau's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Wausau, WI — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1895

Each cell is one day's low at Wausau, coloured by temperature — 132 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Wausau, WI daily low heat map 1895–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Wausau — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
103 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 70th most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 101. Record: 117 in 1917.

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