Milwaukee Weather in 1885

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1885 based on NOAA data.

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1885 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 28
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 8
Lowest daily high	-5 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	August 6
Most daily snow	10.8 inches	December 13
Total annual precipitation	32.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	32.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1885?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1885 was 93 °F which happened on July 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1885

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 28
2	92 °F	Jul 20
3	90 °F	Jul 16
4	89 °F	Jul 8
5	87 °F	Jul 9
6	86 °F	Aug 12
6	86 °F	Jul 29
6	86 °F	Jun 7
9	84 °F	Sep 21
9	84 °F	Jul 24
9	84 °F	Jul 7

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1885?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1885 was -24 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1885

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	February 11
2	-22 °F	January 22
3	-21 °F	January 19
4	-20 °F	January 28
5	-19 °F	February 10
6	-18 °F	February 13
7	-17 °F	February 16
8	-16 °F	February 17
9	-15 °F	January 21
10	-14 °F	January 18
10	-14 °F	January 13

January 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	9	-7	0.00	0.0
January 2	8	-11	0.00	0.0
January 3	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	41	24	0.15	0.0
January 6	38	30	0.71	0.0
January 7	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 8	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	39	20	0.00	0.0
January 10	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	39	31	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	-9	0.01	0.0
January 13	1	-14	0.00	0.0
January 14	13	1	0.03	0.3
January 15	15	9	0.01	0.0
January 16	13	6	0.07	1.3
January 17	8	-5	0.01	0.0
January 18	-5	-14	0.00	0.0
January 19	-4	-21	0.00	0.0
January 20	10	-12	0.00	0.0
January 21	4	-15	0.00	0.0
January 22	5	-22	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	1	0.08	0.6
January 24	28	16	0.01	0.0
January 25	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 26	-1	-12	0.00	0.0
January 27	0	-11	0.00	0.0
January 28	-2	-20	0.00	0.0
January 29	16	-9	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	11	0.01	0.0
January 31	29	5	0.01	0.0

February 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	28	5	0.00	0.0
February 2	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 3	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 4	30	23	0.05	0.3
February 5	23	-2	0.03	0.1
February 6	16	1	0.03	0.1
February 7	26	11	0.14	1.0
February 8	21	8	0.00	0.0
February 9	21	-2	0.11	0.6
February 10	-2	-19	0.00	0.0
February 11	0	-24	0.00	0.0
February 12	-3	-13	0.00	0.0
February 13	3	-18	0.00	0.0
February 14	19	-3	0.01	0.1
February 15	14	0	0.12	1.3
February 16	0	-17	0.00	0.0
February 17	9	-16	0.00	0.0
February 18	11	-3	0.00	0.0
February 19	3	-5	0.00	0.0
February 20	10	-9	0.00	0.0
February 21	19	-9	0.00	0.0
February 22	21	3	0.00	0.0
February 23	25	2	0.00	0.0
February 24	30	13	0.00	0.0
February 25	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 28	41	28	0.00	0.0

March 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	36	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	34	22	0.01	0.0
March 3	41	32	0.01	0.0
March 4	36	29	0.00	0.0
March 5	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	30	26	0.05	0.6
March 7	26	12	0.02	0.3
March 8	31	5	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	14	0.00	0.0
March 11	32	13	0.00	0.0
March 12	29	20	0.00	0.0
March 13	35	19	0.00	0.1
March 14	45	24	0.09	0.0
March 15	24	14	0.00	0.0
March 16	15	2	0.00	0.2
March 17	17	-3	0.00	0.0
March 18	22	12	0.01	0.1
March 19	17	3	0.00	0.0
March 20	6	-4	0.00	0.0
March 21	19	-2	0.00	0.0
March 22	20	7	0.00	0.0
March 23	33	10	0.00	0.0
March 24	36	23	0.01	0.1
March 25	37	15	0.00	0.0
March 26	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	36	23	0.00	0.0
March 29	32	19	0.00	0.0
March 30	43	29	0.01	0.0
March 31	53	38	0.00	0.0

April 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	41	32	0.00	0.0
April 2	43	29	0.24	0.0
April 3	35	27	0.00	0.0
April 4	43	24	0.00	0.0
April 5	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 6	46	36	0.00	0.0
April 7	58	33	0.06	0.0
April 8	35	22	0.00	0.0
April 9	35	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	45	26	0.21	0.0
April 11	46	35	0.02	0.0
April 12	40	30	0.00	0.0
April 13	34	22	0.00	0.0
April 14	35	26	0.07	0.2
April 15	39	33	0.06	0.0
April 16	40	33	0.00	0.0
April 17	38	34	1.02	0.0
April 18	47	37	0.02	0.0
April 19	46	40	0.00	0.0
April 20	67	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	77	51	0.00	0.0
April 22	75	48	0.00	0.0
April 23	64	41	0.55	0.0
April 24	48	38	0.00	0.0
April 25	49	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	56	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	47	35	0.00	0.0
April 28	46	34	0.06	0.0
April 29	63	35	0.01	0.0
April 30	52	38	0.00	0.0

May 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	49	34	0.00
May 2	45	31	0.00
May 3	56	33	0.00
May 4	64	39	0.01
May 5	60	38	0.05
May 6	49	36	0.01
May 7	42	28	0.00
May 8	44	35	0.03
May 9	49	35	0.00
May 10	48	36	0.00
May 11	45	32	0.00
May 12	55	38	0.00
May 13	55	41	0.00
May 14	67	46	0.00
May 15	75	54	0.00
May 16	80	55	0.00
May 17	76	53	0.07
May 18	63	40	0.02
May 19	42	38	0.00
May 20	60	40	0.00
May 21	64	45	0.00
May 22	68	50	0.00
May 23	66	44	0.00
May 24	64	43	0.00
May 25	77	62	0.00
May 26	80	55	0.00
May 27	66	46	0.00
May 28	58	47	0.00
May 29	54	43	0.19
May 30	68	47	0.03
May 31	68	50	0.00

June 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	61	48	0.00
June 2	64	45	0.71
June 3	65	46	0.14
June 4	59	45	1.12
June 5	62	52	0.01
June 6	73	44	0.00
June 7	86	42	1.11
June 8	53	40	0.00
June 9	59	43	0.00
June 10	66	46	0.00
June 11	65	52	0.00
June 12	82	57	0.12
June 13	82	55	0.01
June 14	75	57	0.00
June 15	79	58	0.03
June 16	63	53	0.00
June 17	71	51	0.00
June 18	80	55	0.00
June 19	81	59	0.04
June 20	71	55	1.18
June 21	74	47	0.19
June 22	62	44	0.00
June 23	72	48	0.00
June 24	71	53	0.00
June 25	80	55	0.00
June 26	80	60	1.81
June 27	82	61	0.02
June 28	72	50	0.00
June 29	64	46	0.00
June 30	69	47	0.00

July 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	53	0.00
July 2	72	58	0.00
July 3	68	56	0.00
July 4	76	62	0.71
July 5	77	62	0.05
July 6	79	61	0.09
July 7	84	64	0.00
July 8	89	71	0.07
July 9	87	59	0.72
July 10	68	56	0.00
July 11	67	52	0.00
July 12	78	54	0.00
July 13	76	57	0.12
July 14	78	52	0.05
July 15	72	55	0.00
July 16	90	60	0.22
July 17	73	57	0.00
July 18	68	52	0.01
July 19	76	59	0.63
July 20	92	61	0.01
July 21	81	64	0.00
July 22	76	62	0.02
July 23	80	52	0.29
July 24	84	69	0.01
July 25	77	64	0.00
July 26	76	61	0.00
July 27	73	59	0.00
July 28	93	69	0.21
July 29	86	67	0.06
July 30	81	66	0.85
July 31	82	68	0.11

August 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	74	65	0.00
August 2	68	61	0.79
August 3	79	59	0.15
August 4	74	59	0.00
August 5	65	54	0.00
August 6	65	60	2.09
August 7	72	61	0.01
August 8	74	64	0.28
August 9	76	61	0.22
August 10	71	54	0.01
August 11	71	57	0.00
August 12	86	65	0.00
August 13	78	58	0.00
August 14	64	52	0.00
August 15	66	46	0.01
August 16	72	53	0.00
August 17	82	58	0.14
August 18	83	64	1.41
August 19	73	58	0.00
August 20	77	56	0.07
August 21	74	62	0.53
August 22	74	54	0.01
August 23	66	60	0.88
August 24	65	54	0.51
August 25	62	47	0.00
August 26	60	47	0.00
August 27	62	53	0.00
August 28	62	54	0.05
August 29	64	56	0.23
August 30	71	53	0.00
August 31	70	53	0.00

September 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	62	46	0.00
September 2	68	47	0.00
September 3	62	52	0.00
September 4	65	50	0.01
September 5	64	44	0.00
September 6	61	43	0.00
September 7	64	52	0.01
September 8	66	56	1.74
September 9	58	52	0.13
September 10	60	48	0.00
September 11	63	55	0.00
September 12	78	62	1.09
September 13	71	60	0.01
September 14	75	54	0.00
September 15	71	52	0.00
September 16	61	46	0.00
September 17	78	55	0.00
September 18	71	54	0.01
September 19	71	57	0.28
September 20	74	57	0.01
September 21	84	62	0.00
September 22	75	50	0.00
September 23	62	41	0.00
September 24	75	50	0.00
September 25	82	56	0.00
September 26	82	61	0.00
September 27	77	56	0.00
September 28	66	60	0.00
September 29	69	59	0.00
September 30	64	57	0.01

October 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	55	0.00
October 2	64	56	0.00
October 3	60	42	0.20
October 4	46	35	0.00
October 5	47	38	0.05
October 6	48	38	0.00
October 7	44	38	0.52
October 8	51	36	0.00
October 9	59	37	0.01
October 10	69	37	0.00
October 11	60	44	0.01
October 12	58	46	0.01
October 13	57	48	0.49
October 14	56	44	0.00
October 15	67	41	0.00
October 16	61	45	0.00
October 17	61	46	0.00
October 18	53	38	0.00
October 19	47	36	0.81
October 20	42	35	0.01
October 21	43	33	0.00
October 22	50	36	0.00
October 23	51	34	0.00
October 24	56	36	0.01
October 25	61	45	0.00
October 26	70	47	0.00
October 27	48	41	0.01
October 28	47	38	0.09
October 29	46	34	0.00
October 30	43	31	0.00
October 31	43	33	0.18

November 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	38	32	0.35	0.0
November 2	39	33	0.00	0.0
November 3	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 4	50	38	0.02	0.0
November 5	46	35	0.00	0.0
November 6	56	44	0.88	0.0
November 7	56	40	0.04	0.0
November 8	40	38	0.00	0.0
November 9	38	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	46	30	0.01	0.0
November 11	59	38	0.00	0.0
November 12	60	34	0.06	0.0
November 13	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	32	22	0.00	0.0
November 15	35	26	0.00	0.0
November 16	46	22	0.00	0.0
November 17	50	36	0.00	0.0
November 18	50	37	0.02	0.0
November 19	41	32	0.01	0.0
November 20	40	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	38	31	0.04	0.5
November 23	38	32	0.03	0.4
November 24	38	31	0.04	0.5
November 25	37	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	34	30	0.00	0.0
November 27	39	26	0.00	0.0
November 28	42	31	0.00	0.0
November 29	44	38	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	37	0.03	0.0

December 1885 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	35	0.02	0.0
December 2	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 4	39	22	0.15	1.5
December 5	24	12	0.00	0.0
December 6	16	-6	0.01	0.1
December 7	7	-11	0.00	0.0
December 8	30	5	0.24	2.2
December 9	33	22	0.72	5.0
December 10	22	10	0.05	0.5
December 11	15	3	0.00	0.0
December 12	19	2	0.24	3.2
December 13	29	18	0.75	10.8
December 14	20	8	0.00	0.0
December 15	22	9	0.01	0.0
December 16	34	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	18	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	33	0.01	0.0
December 22	47	37	0.00	0.0
December 23	46	34	0.01	0.0
December 24	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 25	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	25	0.07	0.0
December 28	39	32	0.01	0.0
December 29	40	34	0.24	0.0
December 30	40	35	0.18	0.0
December 31	36	28	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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