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Weather extremes
How extreme does Wisconsin Dells's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Wisconsin Dells 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 Wisconsin Dells has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Wisconsin Dells (typical high near 82°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 47°F colder than a normal February night in Wisconsin Dells (typical low near 10°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Wisconsin Dells usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 4.2 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Wisconsin Dells averages about 10 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.
Wisconsin Dells's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 102°F is about 20°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 — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Baraboo Wwtp, a weather station, about 19 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.