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Has the climate in Fond du Lac changed?

Fond du Lac has warmed about 2.3°F between 2010 and 2024.

About 1.5°F per decade, measured from Fond du Lac's official daily weather records, 2010–2024. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Fond du Lac's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
5 more nights
1970s
128 / yr
Recent
133 / yr
Colder winters — more frosts
Average temperature
+1.6°F
1970s
48.2°F
Recent
49.8°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
2 more days
1970s
9 / yr
Recent
11 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
5 fewer days
1970s
105 / yr
Recent
100 / yr
Drier on average

Fond du Lac's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2010 to 2024.

44°46°48°50°52°54°56°2010: 48.5°F2011: 47.2°F2012: 50.6°F2013: 47.8°F2014: 46.9°F2015: 48.2°F2016: 49.4°F2017: 48.2°F2018: 47.0°F2019: 45.9°F2020: 48.3°F2021: 49.5°F2022: 47.2°F2023: 50.0°F2024: 54.1°Flong-term trend201020202024
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — 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 →