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Weather extremes

How extreme does Fond du Lac's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Fond du Lac has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 14 years of daily weather observations (2010–2024), from the Fond Du Lac 1 Sw station 2 km away. Updated through November 2024 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Fond du Lac has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
100°F Jul 5, 2012

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Fond du Lac (typical high near 82°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Jul 5, 2012
2 100°F Jul 17, 2012
3 100°F Jul 23, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
-27°F Jan 31, 2019

About 38°F colder than a normal January night in Fond du Lac (typical low near 12°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -27°F Jan 31, 2019
2 -25°F Jan 30, 2019
3 -18°F Jan 26, 2019
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.44 in Sep 20, 2017

More rain in a single day than Fond du Lac usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 3.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.44 in Sep 20, 2017
2 3.42 in Aug 28, 2018
3 3.17 in Oct 1, 2019
Most snow in one day
13.5 in Dec 20, 2012

The three most extreme on record

1 13.5 in Dec 20, 2012
2 11.0 in Mar 25, 2023
3 10.0 in Jan 12, 2024

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 100°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Fond du Lac's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 100°F is about 18°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Fond du Lac's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as −27°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain or close to 14 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Fond DU Lac 1 SW (NOAA GHCN station USC00472842), about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →