Milwaukee Weather in 1872

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1872 based on NOAA data.

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1872 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 6
Lowest temperature	-21 °F	December 24
Highest daily low	79 °F	September 6
Lowest daily high	-1 °F	December 21
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	September 23
Total annual precipitation	26.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1872?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1872 was 94 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1872

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 6
1	94 °F	Aug 21
1	94 °F	Jun 19
4	93 °F	Aug 7
5	92 °F	Aug 20
5	92 °F	Aug 9
5	92 °F	Aug 8
8	91 °F	Sep 5
8	91 °F	Jun 30
10	90 °F	Aug 6
10	90 °F	Jul 2
10	90 °F	Jul 1

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1872?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1872 was -21 °F which happened on Dec 24.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1872

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-21 °F	December 24
2	-18 °F	December 23
3	-14 °F	December 21
4	-13 °F	December 22
5	-10 °F	January 29
6	-7 °F	January 30
7	-4 °F	February 14
8	-3 °F	December 19
8	-3 °F	February 1
10	-2 °F	November 29
10	-2 °F	November 28

January 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	35	15	0.00
January 2	34	21	0.14
January 3	33	30	0.21
January 4	30	25	0.00
January 5	35	25	0.00
January 6	28	22	0.00
January 7	25	23	0.00
January 8	30	20	0.00
January 9	37	20	0.00
January 10	43	28	0.00
January 11	40	30	0.00
January 12	39	26	0.00
January 13	31	17	0.00
January 14	25	9	0.00
January 15	31	21	0.05
January 16	25	19	0.00
January 17	30	17	0.02
January 18	32	27	0.00
January 19	33	30	0.14
January 20	32	28	0.15
January 21	28	14	0.00
January 22	27	11	0.03
January 23	12	0	0.00
January 24	11	1	0.00
January 25	10	-1	0.00
January 26	19	9	0.00
January 27	21	13	0.06
January 28	20	0	0.07
January 29	5	-10	0.03
January 30	12	-7	0.00
January 31	17	1	0.00

February 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	17	-3	0.00
February 2	22	0	0.00
February 3	25	16	0.00
February 4	23	6	0.03
February 5	13	5	0.04
February 6	20	2	0.00
February 7	22	4	0.00
February 8	39	12	0.00
February 9	37	23	0.00
February 10	38	27	0.00
February 11	43	29	0.00
February 12	37	26	0.00
February 13	36	-1	0.03
February 14	45	-4	0.02
February 15	27	3	0.00
February 16	31	22	0.00
February 17	33	27	0.00
February 18	32	27	0.00
February 19	30	25	0.00
February 20	39	27	0.12
February 21	32	23	0.00
February 22	33	12	0.00
February 23	53	30	0.00
February 24	44	28	0.10
February 25	28	20	0.00
February 26	26	23	0.00
February 27	31	21	0.00
February 28	35	26	0.00
February 29	29	20	0.00

March 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	29	18	0.00
March 2	36	26	0.02
March 3	42	29	0.00
March 4	31	10	0.00
March 5	23	6	0.00
March 6	23	14	0.00
March 7	27	23	0.03
March 8	27	25	0.16
March 9	27	19	0.04
March 10	34	18	0.00
March 11	26	19	0.00
March 12	34	15	0.00
March 13	43	31	0.01
March 14	33	17	0.02
March 15	23	9	0.00
March 16	31	15	0.02
March 17	28	16	0.00
March 18	39	17	0.04
March 19	32	10	0.00
March 20	16	1	0.00
March 21	27	7	0.00
March 22	35	21	0.02
March 23	27	16	0.00
March 24	36	18	0.00
March 25	37	28	0.12
March 26	43	22	0.00
March 27	40	31	0.00
March 28	33	29	0.00
March 29	35	30	0.00
March 30	34	29	0.05
March 31	32	27	0.04

April 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	41	23	0.00
April 2	49	33	0.00
April 3	33	29	0.02
April 4	39	29	0.00
April 5	48	31	0.00
April 6	43	39	0.39
April 7	53	40	0.10
April 8	55	39	0.05
April 9	55	37	0.01
April 10	50	36	0.00
April 11	50	40	0.00
April 12	50	46	0.00
April 13	53	40	0.00
April 14	41	35	0.00
April 15	37	29	0.15
April 16	41	26	0.00
April 17	46	34	0.00
April 18	51	36	0.31
April 19	47	33	0.00
April 20	74	36	0.01
April 21	59	30	0.42
April 22	40	29	0.00
April 23	68	35	0.00
April 24	77	40	0.00
April 25	80	58	0.00
April 26	70	47	0.05
April 27	47	41	0.11
April 28	52	40	0.00
April 29	61	43	0.00
April 30	78	54	0.22

May 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	43	0.10
May 2	54	37	0.00
May 3	53	35	0.00
May 4	45	35	0.00
May 5	61	41	0.00
May 6	84	61	0.00
May 7	69	40	0.00
May 8	81	41	0.26
May 9	70	40	0.03
May 10	46	37	0.67
May 11	48	46	0.48
May 12	47	37	0.02
May 13	48	37	0.00
May 14	57	42	0.09
May 15	50	45	0.34
May 16	59	46	0.00
May 17	56	51	0.10
May 18	61	50	0.20
May 19	61	50	0.00
May 20	59	43	0.04
May 21	52	43	0.00
May 22	48	40	0.02
May 23	59	45	0.18
May 24	67	48	0.43
May 25	65	48	0.00
May 26	80	53	0.00
May 27	70	43	0.00
May 28	54	43	0.00
May 29	58	47	0.15
May 30	55	47	0.00
May 31	67	51	0.00

June 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	59	47	0.23
June 2	60	46	0.06
June 3	65	51	0.01
June 4	66	52	0.00
June 5	70	61	0.00
June 6	63	50	0.95
June 7	76	50	0.15
June 8	66	58	0.00
June 9	75	61	0.09
June 10	78	61	0.00
June 11	81	66	0.00
June 12	76	63	0.00
June 13	75	55	1.42
June 14	62	56	0.00
June 15	67	55	0.00
June 16	67	55	0.00
June 17	72	59	0.00
June 18	75	67	0.00
June 19	94	72	0.00
June 20	89	71	0.00
June 21	77	64	0.00
June 22	69	58	0.00
June 23	74	58	0.00
June 24	71	62	0.00
June 25	78	65	0.53
June 26	80	66	0.00
June 27	87	70	0.08
June 28	79	70	0.00
June 29	89	72	0.00
June 30	91	72	0.15

July 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	72	0.00
July 2	90	75	0.00
July 3	83	68	0.15
July 4	68	54	0.00
July 5	71	54	0.00
July 6	74	61	0.00
July 7	74	63	0.00
July 8	72	65	0.00
July 9	80	68	0.90
July 10	84	68	0.00
July 11	77	65	0.00
July 12	89	62	0.00
July 13	67	60	0.00
July 14	77	60	0.00
July 15	83	69	0.00
July 16	75	66	0.00
July 17	73	64	0.00
July 18	67	59	0.00
July 19	75	59	0.00
July 20	72	64	0.15
July 21	70	60	0.00
July 22	70	60	0.27
July 23	63	61	0.21
July 24	73	61	0.00
July 25	74	64	0.10
July 26	70	59	0.00
July 27	73	59	0.00
July 28	85	64	0.05
July 29	76	66	0.00
July 30	79	66	0.22
July 31	82	68	0.00

August 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	63	0.00
August 2	70	57	0.05
August 3	73	61	0.09
August 4	83	62	0.00
August 5	85	68	0.00
August 6	90	68	0.00
August 7	93	71	0.00
August 8	92	72	0.00
August 9	92	71	0.45
August 10	71	61	0.05
August 11	72	62	0.00
August 12	72	63	0.00
August 13	76	67	0.00
August 14	72	65	0.10
August 15	71	63	0.00
August 16	77	62	0.00
August 17	86	68	0.15
August 18	68	63	0.00
August 19	78	65	0.00
August 20	92	70	0.00
August 21	94	79	0.00
August 22	86	69	0.00
August 23	78	66	0.00
August 24	75	66	0.07
August 25	75	69	0.00
August 26	80	68	0.00
August 27	70	66	0.13
August 28	66	64	0.80
August 29	70	58	0.00
August 30	65	52	0.00
August 31	73	54	0.00

September 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	59	0.00
September 2	68	62	0.00
September 3	71	62	0.00
September 4	75	65	0.24
September 5	91	67	0.00
September 6	94	79	0.00
September 7	83	73	0.08
September 8	73	65	0.44
September 9	81	63	0.12
September 10	79	63	0.00
September 11	76	66	0.96
September 12	66	59	0.00
September 13	64	51	0.00
September 14	69	53	0.00
September 15	70	57	0.00
September 16	69	53	0.00
September 17	70	49	0.02
September 18	58	49	0.05
September 19	64	47	0.00
September 20	65	51	0.00
September 21	85	58	0.00
September 22	63	59	0.75
September 23	73	59	3.74
September 24	75	66	0.27
September 25	66	53	0.00
September 26	53	43	0.00
September 27	62	40	0.00
September 28	54	45	0.65
September 29	50	45	1.40
September 30	52	42	0.00

October 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	57	49	0.00
October 2	58	50	0.00
October 3	55	50	0.00
October 4	59	50	0.00
October 5	60	52	0.22
October 6	54	47	0.21
October 7	57	47	0.00
October 8	72	43	0.00
October 9	62	41	0.00
October 10	45	32	0.00
October 11	49	29	0.00
October 12	53	40	0.00
October 13	43	33	0.00
October 14	44	29	0.00
October 15	58	37	0.00
October 16	45	34	0.00
October 17	58	35	0.00
October 18	59	38	0.00
October 19	52	40	0.00
October 20	75	44	0.00
October 21	72	54	0.00
October 22	54	40	0.13
October 23	50	34	0.00
October 24	52	36	0.00
October 25	51	35	0.00
October 26	51	39	0.00
October 27	51	43	0.00
October 28	52	39	0.00
October 29	53	48	0.00
October 30	51	46	0.17
October 31	46	38	0.00

November 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	47	33	0.00
November 2	47	39	0.26
November 3	47	34	0.00
November 4	45	37	0.33
November 5	45	40	1.05
November 6	49	35	0.00
November 7	48	39	0.00
November 8	49	33	0.00
November 9	57	33	0.00
November 10	51	43	0.01
November 11	51	35	0.00
November 12	51	34	0.00
November 13	43	25	0.25
November 14	28	20	0.07
November 15	27	18	0.00
November 16	30	20	0.00
November 17	29	16	0.00
November 18	21	10	0.00
November 19	22	17	0.00
November 20	24	9	0.00
November 21	32	17	0.01
November 22	34	25	0.00
November 23	42	31	0.00
November 24	39	37	0.00
November 25	37	24	0.00
November 26	40	26	0.00
November 27	34	0	0.00
November 28	12	-2	0.00
November 29	12	-2	0.00
November 30	23	6	0.01

December 1872 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	32	20	0.03
December 2	34	23	0.00
December 3	33	20	0.00
December 4	28	16	0.00
December 5	35	19	0.00
December 6	32	20	0.00
December 7	39	22	0.00
December 8	37	13	0.00
December 9	15	7	0.00
December 10	20	2	0.00
December 11	24	16	0.01
December 12	25	12	0.00
December 13	33	22	0.00
December 14	41	19	0.00
December 15	19	3	0.00
December 16	21	8	0.00
December 17	25	7	0.00
December 18	22	4	0.05
December 19	10	-3	0.04
December 20	12	-1	0.01
December 21	-1	-14	0.00
December 22	12	-13	0.00
December 23	10	-18	0.00
December 24	4	-21	0.00
December 25	16	4	0.21
December 26	17	9	0.01
December 27	15	0	0.00
December 28	17	2	0.00
December 29	22	17	0.00
December 30	33	22	0.13
December 31	29	21	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Milwaukee Mitchell Airport	location
1871–1938	Milwaukee WB	location