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Milwaukee, WI 42.955°N, 87.904°W · station MKEthr · 156 years of record
68°F
COLDEST JUL 19 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 19
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Milwaukee.
73° TUE 7/14 76° WED 7/15 72° THU 7/16 72° FRI 7/17 71° SAT 7/18 68° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 19
Today ranks #116 / 155
coldest Jul 19 in 155 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 19 ever 51°F
set in 1947
Mildest Jul 19 ever 79°F
set in 1935
Coldest Jul 19 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 19 at Milwaukee. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
51 65 79 1871: 57°F 1872: 59°F 1873: 57°F 1874: 65°F 1875: 52°F 1876: 62°F 1877: 57°F 1878: 69°F 1879: 53°F 1880: 59°F 1881: 63°F 1882: 56°F 1883: 57°F 1884: 58°F 1885: 59°F 1886: 53°F 1887: 57°F 1888: 60°F 1889: 61°F 1890: 60°F 1891: 54°F 1892: 60°F 1893: 58°F 1894: 71°F 1895: 67°F 1896: 62°F 1897: 66°F 1898: 59°F 1899: 63°F 1900: 59°F 1901: 64°F 1902: 58°F 1903: 62°F 1904: 71°F 1905: 70°F 1906: 63°F 1907: 66°F 1908: 59°F 1909: 54°F 1910: 57°F 1911: 64°F 1912: 58°F 1913: 62°F 1914: 59°F 1915: 58°F 1916: 69°F 1917: 61°F 1918: 64°F 1919: 68°F 1920: 58°F 1921: 70°F 1922: 62°F 1923: 63°F 1924: 53°F 1925: 64°F 1926: 69°F 1927: 57°F 1928: 64°F 1929: 55°F 1930: 70°F 1931: 67°F 1932: 71°F 1933: 68°F 1934: 71°F 1935: 79°F 1936: 71°F 1937: 62°F 1938: 62°F 1939: 62°F 1940: 61°F 1941: 55°F 1942: 70°F 1943: 65°F 1944: 66°F 1945: 54°F 1946: 70°F 1947: 51°F 1948: 63°F 1949: 65°F 1950: 56°F 1951: 57°F 1952: 70°F 1953: 66°F 1954: 64°F 1955: 67°F 1956: 55°F 1957: 58°F 1958: 55°F 1959: 61°F 1960: 60°F 1961: 65°F 1962: 56°F 1963: 69°F 1964: 67°F 1965: 58°F 1966: 61°F 1967: 58°F 1968: 69°F 1969: 63°F 1970: 56°F 1971: 54°F 1972: 67°F 1973: 67°F 1974: 65°F 1975: 74°F 1976: 59°F 1977: 75°F 1978: 73°F 1979: 60°F 1980: 61°F 1981: 68°F 1982: 59°F 1983: 70°F 1984: 59°F 1985: 71°F 1986: 73°F 1987: 77°F 1988: 67°F 1989: 63°F 1990: 67°F 1991: 71°F 1992: 61°F 1993: 67°F 1994: 71°F 1995: 64°F 1996: 68°F 1997: 60°F 1998: 70°F 1999: 65°F 2000: 55°F 2001: 67°F 2002: 63°F 2003: 53°F 2004: 61°F 2005: 67°F 2006: 63°F 2007: 61°F 2008: 73°F 2009: 59°F 2010: 66°F 2011: 72°F 2012: 70°F 2013: 79°F 2014: 57°F 2015: 69°F 2016: 68°F 2017: 67°F 2018: 62°F 2019: 73°F 2020: 74°F 2021: 63°F 2022: 74°F 2023: 63°F 2024: 59°F 2025: 65°F 68° forecast 1871 2025 1947 Forecast low · Jul 19 68°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 51°F This-date rank #116 of 155
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -26°F (1982) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1871–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Milwaukee in each calendar month, and for the whole 1871–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 63°F 2008 -26°F 1982 Feb 74°F 2024 -26°F 1996 Mar 84°F 2012 -10°F 1962 Apr 91°F 1980 12°F 1875 May 95°F 2018 21°F 1966 Jun 104°F 1934 33°F 1945 Jul 105°F 1934 40°F 1965 Aug 103°F 1988 42°F 1875 Sep 99°F 1939 28°F 1942 Oct 89°F 1963 15°F 1887 Nov 77°F 1938 -14°F 1875 Dec 68°F 2001 -22°F 1884 All-time 105°F 1934 -26°F 1982
Records set or tied at Milwaukee so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 3 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
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 135 days
record run, ended Apr 1 1872
So far in 2026 75 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Milwaukee's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 65°F · forecast is +3° vs normal .
Jan: 30°F Jan: 17°F Feb: 33°F Feb: 20°F Mar: 43°F Mar: 28°F Apr: 54°F Apr: 37°F May: 66°F May: 47°F Jun: 76°F Jun: 58°F Jul: 81°F Jul: 64°F Aug: 79°F Aug: 64°F Sep: 73°F Sep: 56°F Oct: 60°F Oct: 44°F Nov: 47°F Nov: 32°F Dec: 35°F Dec: 22°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:24 AM Sunset 7:30 PM Solar noon 11:57 AM Daylight 15h 06m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 42.95°N, 87.90°W Milwaukee'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.
Every day this year against Milwaukee's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Milwaukee, coloured by temperature — 156 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Milwaukee — counted through Jul 19 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
75 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 139th most in 156 years. Normal for this point: 86 . Record: 106 in 1888.
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