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Weather extremes
How extreme does Sun Prairie's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sun Prairie has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Sun Prairie has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 22°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Sun Prairie (typical high near 82°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 44°F colder than a normal February night in Sun Prairie (typical low near 15°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 85% of a typical June's rain in a single day (Sun Prairie averages roughly 5.3 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Sun Prairie averages about 12 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Sun Prairie's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°F is about 22°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Madison Dane CO Rgnl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014837), about 12 km from the city centre.