43.141°N, 89.345°W · station MSNthr · 1869–2026 · 158 years of record
The Almanac Ribbon
Every day of the year at Madison: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
Record highRecord lowNormal high–low band (1991–2020)hottest ever 107°F · coldest ever -37°F
Records by Month
Month
Record high
Record low
Jan
58°Jan 6, 1880
-37°Jan 30, 1951
Feb
70°Feb 27, 2024
-29°Feb 3, 1996
Mar
83°Mar 21, 2012
-29°Mar 1, 1962
Apr
94°Apr 22, 1980
0°Apr 7, 1982
May
101°May 31, 1934
19°May 1, 1978
Jun
101°Jun 20, 1988
31°Jun 10, 1972
Jul
107°Jul 14, 1936
36°Jul 6, 1965
Aug
102°Aug 16, 1988
35°Aug 29, 1965
Sep
99°Sep 1, 1953
25°Sep 29, 1949
Oct
90°Oct 6, 1963
12°Oct 25, 1887
Nov
77°Nov 1, 1933
-14°Nov 28, 1887
Dec
68°Dec 15, 2021
-28°Dec 24, 1872
All-time
107°Jul 14, 1936
-37°Jan 30, 1951
Longest-Standing Records
The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Madison on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.
Oldest-standing record highs
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Jan 12
55°
1871
155yrs
Apr 6
82°
1871
155yrs
Apr 4
80°
1873
153yrs
Jan 3
57°
1874
152yrs
Dec 21
54°
1875
151yrs
Dec 29
54°
1875
151yrs
Dec 18
53°
1877
149yrs
Dec 19
62°
1877
149yrs
Dec 20
58°
1877
149yrs
Dec 22
58°
1877
149yrs
Jan 4
53°
1880
146yrs
Jan 6
58°
1880
146yrs
Oldest-standing record lows
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Mar 15
-8°
1870
156yrs
Dec 4
-15°
1871
155yrs
Nov 18
3°
1872
154yrs
Dec 21
-22°
1872
154yrs
Dec 24
-28°
1872
154yrs
Feb 21
-15°
1873
153yrs
Feb 22
-15°
1873
153yrs
Feb 23
-20°
1873
153yrs
Oct 31
15°
1873
153yrs
Jan 9
-25°
1875
151yrs
Feb 7
-21°
1875
151yrs
Apr 15
12°
1875
151yrs
All-Time Extremes
Hottest ever
107°F
1936-07-14
Coldest ever
-37°F
1951-01-30
Longest heat streak
15 days
≥ 90°F · ended 1901-07-27
The Warming Trend
Madison's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
Days Above / Below the Mark
10 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 10 · record 40 in 1955
88 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 149 · record 184 in 1976
The Full Record
Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.