Milwaukee Weather in 1887

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1887 based on NOAA data.

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1887 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	January 30
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 16
Lowest daily high	-4 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	July 2
Most daily snow	10.0 inches	March 27
Total annual precipitation	30.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	77.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1887?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1887 was 100 °F which happened on July 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1887

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Jul 16
2	94 °F	Jul 27
2	94 °F	Jul 15
4	93 °F	Aug 9
4	93 °F	Jul 8
6	92 °F	Jul 17
6	92 °F	Jun 18
6	92 °F	Jun 17
9	89 °F	Aug 4
10	88 °F	Jul 12

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1887?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1887 was -16 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1887

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	January 30
1	-16 °F	January 7
1	-16 °F	January 3
4	-15 °F	January 18
5	-14 °F	January 31
6	-13 °F	January 2
7	-11 °F	January 6
8	-9 °F	February 4
8	-9 °F	January 11
10	-7 °F	December 30
10	-7 °F	February 12
10	-7 °F	January 10

January 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	11	-5	0.01	0.1
January 2	2	-13	0.00	0.0
January 3	5	-16	0.00	0.0
January 4	20	4	0.04	1.5
January 5	17	0	0.01	0.3
January 6	5	-11	0.00	0.1
January 7	4	-16	0.00	0.0
January 8	18	1	0.51	8.1
January 9	20	5	0.14	2.0
January 10	6	-7	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	-9	0.00	0.0
January 12	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	20	0.02	0.2
January 14	31	17	0.37	4.2
January 15	23	9	0.04	0.5
January 16	31	18	0.01	0.1
January 17	30	-6	0.01	0.0
January 18	-4	-15	0.01	0.2
January 19	27	-4	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	20	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	0	0.21	0.0
January 22	42	30	1.13	0.0
January 23	33	24	0.06	0.9
January 24	33	13	0.01	0.1
January 25	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 26	20	2	0.00	0.0
January 27	37	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	26	-16	0.00	0.0
January 31	3	-14	0.08	1.3

February 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	18	-2	0.15	2.5
February 2	24	16	0.11	1.5
February 3	24	-1	0.00	0.0
February 4	18	-9	0.01	0.2
February 5	28	17	0.04	0.3
February 6	30	20	0.06	0.0
February 7	46	21	0.30	0.0
February 8	49	22	0.23	0.0
February 9	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 10	38	24	0.08	0.4
February 11	24	8	0.57	7.0
February 12	8	-7	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	-2	0.00	0.0
February 14	35	26	0.08	0.0
February 15	35	29	0.01	0.0
February 16	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	20	0.84	0.0
February 18	37	24	0.18	0.3
February 19	25	19	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	31	25	0.03	0.5
February 22	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	29	0.26	3.0
February 24	29	12	0.15	2.0
February 25	32	4	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	12	0.12	0.5
February 27	18	6	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	11	0.00	0.0

March 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	27	0.00	0.0
March 4	29	11	0.00	0.0
March 5	29	19	0.02	0.4
March 6	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 7	41	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	46	27	0.09	0.0
March 9	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	57	34	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	27	0.00	0.0
March 14	27	14	0.00	0.0
March 15	33	14	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	22	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	32	17	0.00	0.0
March 19	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 20	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 21	36	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	32	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	43	21	0.00	0.0
March 24	40	29	0.14	0.5
March 25	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	35	17	0.00	0.0
March 27	28	17	1.00	10.0
March 28	22	7	0.00	0.0
March 29	22	4	0.00	0.0
March 30	34	8	0.00	0.0
March 31	44	26	0.00	0.0

April 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	32	0.00	0.0
April 2	52	33	0.00	0.0
April 3	51	36	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	20	0.02	0.2
April 5	37	18	0.00	0.0
April 6	37	31	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	33	0.00	0.0
April 8	51	34	0.00	0.0
April 9	78	48	0.00	0.0
April 10	75	55	0.00	0.0
April 11	62	36	0.00	0.0
April 12	55	34	0.10	0.0
April 13	54	37	0.30	0.0
April 14	75	38	0.00	0.0
April 15	55	42	0.00	0.0
April 16	42	35	0.00	0.0
April 17	40	31	0.00	0.0
April 18	44	34	0.00	0.0
April 19	44	30	0.00	0.0
April 20	58	43	0.02	0.0
April 21	49	40	0.00	0.0
April 22	56	41	0.52	0.0
April 23	55	31	0.03	0.0
April 24	44	32	0.02	0.0
April 25	49	27	0.00	0.0
April 26	44	30	0.02	0.0
April 27	45	39	0.01	0.0
April 28	64	45	0.01	0.0
April 29	52	41	0.00	0.0
April 30	64	41	0.00	0.0

May 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	44	0.00
May 2	80	48	0.00
May 3	59	46	0.00
May 4	57	46	0.00
May 5	52	46	0.21
May 6	57	44	0.01
May 7	62	46	0.00
May 8	65	49	0.00
May 9	64	49	0.00
May 10	76	49	0.00
May 11	75	51	0.00
May 12	70	51	0.00
May 13	69	50	0.00
May 14	69	50	0.00
May 15	66	51	0.00
May 16	69	50	0.01
May 17	62	47	0.00
May 18	64	42	0.00
May 19	74	49	0.00
May 20	71	55	0.00
May 21	76	57	0.00
May 22	73	54	0.75
May 23	64	50	0.02
May 24	69	47	0.00
May 25	61	49	0.00
May 26	57	45	0.00
May 27	63	51	0.00
May 28	61	49	0.00
May 29	78	53	0.19
May 30	68	52	0.03
May 31	55	47	0.58

June 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	61	47	0.10
June 2	65	47	0.00
June 3	76	47	0.00
June 4	78	55	0.19
June 5	58	50	0.03
June 6	67	50	0.00
June 7	72	52	0.00
June 8	83	57	0.00
June 9	70	52	0.00
June 10	68	49	0.00
June 11	68	51	0.00
June 12	61	53	0.00
June 13	71	54	0.00
June 14	65	56	0.04
June 15	77	58	0.00
June 16	87	68	0.00
June 17	92	70	0.20
June 18	92	61	0.00
June 19	76	62	0.00
June 20	78	59	0.02
June 21	76	59	0.00
June 22	67	54	0.00
June 23	58	50	0.00
June 24	74	47	0.00
June 25	69	52	0.00
June 26	70	52	0.00
June 27	70	54	0.00
June 28	74	53	0.00
June 29	72	58	0.00
June 30	77	55	0.23

July 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	66	1.50
July 2	74	64	2.98
July 3	80	61	0.07
July 4	80	61	0.02
July 5	83	62	0.00
July 6	81	62	0.00
July 7	86	69	0.00
July 8	93	71	0.00
July 9	81	69	0.11
July 10	83	62	0.00
July 11	82	66	0.00
July 12	88	70	0.00
July 13	82	68	0.00
July 14	75	63	0.00
July 15	94	72	0.00
July 16	100	77	0.00
July 17	92	65	0.00
July 18	69	61	0.12
July 19	74	57	0.00
July 20	76	60	0.01
July 21	70	61	0.40
July 22	79	62	0.00
July 23	67	57	0.00
July 24	72	52	0.00
July 25	76	56	0.00
July 26	76	59	0.00
July 27	94	65	0.00
July 28	80	63	0.00
July 29	82	64	0.00
July 30	83	72	0.00
July 31	74	64	0.00

August 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	62	0.00
August 2	83	67	0.00
August 3	84	67	0.00
August 4	89	72	0.03
August 5	81	71	0.00
August 6	72	60	0.00
August 7	75	58	0.00
August 8	81	66	0.00
August 9	93	65	0.22
August 10	82	64	0.52
August 11	82	63	0.82
August 12	72	64	0.00
August 13	68	58	0.08
August 14	65	61	0.14
August 15	73	62	0.01
August 16	72	61	0.00
August 17	73	62	0.00
August 18	83	61	0.00
August 19	71	57	0.00
August 20	72	61	0.00
August 21	76	64	0.07
August 22	72	59	0.33
August 23	61	52	0.01
August 24	64	47	0.00
August 25	64	47	0.00
August 26	66	53	0.02
August 27	65	53	0.00
August 28	67	57	0.00
August 29	69	52	0.00
August 30	70	58	0.00
August 31	79	62	0.00

September 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	65	0.26
September 2	69	63	0.00
September 3	69	62	0.01
September 4	74	58	0.00
September 5	75	67	0.62
September 6	86	67	0.03
September 7	79	58	0.00
September 8	70	48	0.04
September 9	73	56	0.13
September 10	57	53	0.00
September 11	63	56	0.00
September 12	68	54	0.58
September 13	76	58	0.00
September 14	74	52	0.00
September 15	66	52	0.00
September 16	59	46	0.00
September 17	63	48	0.00
September 18	68	48	0.00
September 19	70	49	0.00
September 20	76	54	0.00
September 21	74	58	0.11
September 22	64	52	0.34
September 23	55	40	0.00
September 24	55	38	0.00
September 25	62	50	0.00
September 26	61	49	0.20
September 27	59	48	0.43
September 28	62	56	0.00
September 29	64	53	0.47
September 30	59	51	1.14

October 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	54	0.39
October 2	70	49	0.37
October 3	66	49	0.00
October 4	54	41	0.00
October 5	52	34	0.00
October 6	68	48	0.32
October 7	74	54	0.22
October 8	73	65	0.02
October 9	68	55	0.06
October 10	57	46	0.02
October 11	51	40	0.00
October 12	54	32	0.00
October 13	52	42	0.00
October 14	49	33	0.00
October 15	59	35	0.00
October 16	65	44	0.04
October 17	58	48	0.01
October 18	58	37	0.00
October 19	60	41	0.00
October 20	54	39	0.02
October 21	40	30	0.00
October 22	43	24	0.06
October 23	51	37	0.89
October 24	38	23	0.00
October 25	29	15	0.00
October 26	42	20	0.00
October 27	48	26	0.00
October 28	51	39	0.00
October 29	45	30	0.01
October 30	41	23	0.00
October 31	55	31	0.00

November 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	35	0.00	0.0
November 2	61	44	0.00	0.0
November 3	61	43	0.00	0.0
November 4	56	37	0.00	0.0
November 5	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 6	69	41	0.00	0.0
November 7	64	48	0.00	0.0
November 8	49	39	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	35	0.32	0.0
November 10	39	33	0.00	0.0
November 11	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	49	37	0.00	0.0
November 15	48	38	0.00	0.0
November 16	47	38	0.00	0.0
November 17	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	45	28	0.01	0.0
November 19	38	16	0.12	1.5
November 20	19	12	0.00	0.0
November 21	35	12	0.00	0.0
November 22	38	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	41	31	0.00	0.0
November 24	39	32	0.11	1.3
November 25	37	27	0.04	0.5
November 26	39	33	0.22	0.0
November 27	37	3	0.03	0.0
November 28	11	-4	0.00	0.0
November 29	28	6	0.00	0.0
November 30	33	19	0.00	0.0

December 1887 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	38	31	0.41	0.8
December 3	46	36	0.82	0.0
December 4	53	21	0.01	0.0
December 5	34	15	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	31	0.05	0.0
December 8	40	33	0.01	0.0
December 9	42	35	0.00	0.0
December 10	40	36	0.05	0.0
December 11	36	21	0.58	3.7
December 12	27	13	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	24	0.06	0.5
December 15	34	22	0.01	0.1
December 16	28	14	0.00	0.0
December 17	30	23	0.05	0.5
December 18	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	34	0.01	0.0
December 20	42	34	0.27	0.0
December 21	36	3	0.57	3.8
December 22	14	7	0.02	0.2
December 23	28	8	0.05	0.5
December 24	22	8	0.05	0.5
December 25	24	19	0.01	0.1
December 26	23	14	0.00	0.0
December 27	30	11	0.52	5.2
December 28	12	-2	0.05	0.5
December 29	9	-5	0.00	0.0
December 30	24	-7	0.35	3.5
December 31	37	22	0.62	5.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2023	Milwaukee Mitchell Airport	location
1871–1938	Milwaukee WB	location