Milwaukee Weather in 1888

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1888 based on NOAA data.

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1888 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	July 11
Lowest temperature	-23 °F	January 21
Highest daily low	68 °F	June 16
Lowest daily high	-9 °F	February 9
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	December 26
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	January 12
Total annual precipitation	23.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1888?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1888 was 91 °F which happened on July 11.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1888

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Jul 11
2	90 °F	Aug 3
2	90 °F	Jul 30
2	90 °F	Jul 3
5	89 °F	Aug 26
6	88 °F	Aug 30
7	87 °F	Aug 25
7	87 °F	Jun 15
9	86 °F	Jul 6
9	86 °F	Jun 21

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1888?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1888 was -23 °F which happened on Jan 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1888

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-23 °F	January 21
2	-21 °F	February 9
2	-21 °F	January 16
4	-19 °F	January 15
5	-16 °F	February 10
6	-14 °F	February 8
6	-14 °F	January 14
6	-14 °F	January 11
9	-11 °F	January 20
10	-10 °F	January 13

January 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	7	0.01	0.1
January 2	8	-5	0.05	0.5
January 3	20	-3	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	16	0.00	0.0
January 5	33	29	0.15	0.0
January 6	36	32	0.28	0.0
January 7	36	25	0.01	0.0
January 8	25	10	0.02	0.2
January 9	15	-2	0.00	0.1
January 10	12	-3	0.01	0.0
January 11	-3	-14	0.00	0.0
January 12	30	-8	0.35	3.5
January 13	30	-10	0.00	0.0
January 14	1	-14	0.04	0.5
January 15	-6	-19	0.00	0.0
January 16	4	-21	0.00	0.0
January 17	21	4	0.12	0.0
January 18	10	-9	0.00	1.4
January 19	9	-4	0.03	0.0
January 20	3	-11	0.00	0.3
January 21	1	-23	0.00	0.0
January 22	16	0	0.00	0.0
January 23	19	7	0.06	0.0
January 24	22	1	0.00	0.6
January 25	26	9	0.22	0.0
January 26	14	0	0.02	2.2
January 27	20	7	0.04	0.2
January 28	21	1	0.00	0.4
January 29	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	26	22	0.00	0.0

February 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	26	0.01	0.1
February 4	36	32	0.07	0.8
February 5	35	11	0.01	0.1
February 6	25	1	0.03	0.3
February 7	28	2	0.23	2.3
February 8	2	-14	0.00	0.0
February 9	-9	-21	0.00	0.0
February 10	8	-16	0.10	1.0
February 11	16	-6	0.00	0.0
February 12	27	13	0.00	0.0
February 13	45	20	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	7	0.01	0.1
February 15	13	-7	0.00	0.0
February 16	36	11	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	40	34	0.13	0.0
February 20	40	16	0.12	0.3
February 21	25	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 23	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	32	0.15	1.2
February 25	34	6	0.15	1.4
February 26	7	-2	0.07	0.7
February 27	6	-5	0.00	0.0
February 28	28	4	0.00	0.0
February 29	37	20	0.00	0.0

March 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	30	0.20	0.0
March 2	38	20	0.34	0.0
March 3	21	10	0.02	0.2
March 4	20	13	0.00	0.0
March 5	19	10	0.04	0.4
March 6	23	9	0.00	0.0
March 7	31	14	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	16	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	28	0.08	0.0
March 10	40	28	0.28	0.0
March 11	28	14	0.06	0.6
March 12	20	10	0.00	0.0
March 13	19	14	0.00	0.0
March 14	29	10	0.00	0.0
March 15	47	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	22	0.00	0.0
March 18	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	60	42	0.29	0.0
March 20	53	28	0.17	0.0
March 21	32	4	0.02	0.2
March 22	12	-2	0.00	0.0
March 23	23	5	0.04	0.4
March 24	22	14	0.00	0.0
March 25	28	20	0.18	1.0
March 26	38	27	0.50	0.0
March 27	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 28	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 29	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	32	0.03	0.2
March 31	40	31	0.00	0.0

April 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	45	33	0.00	0.0
April 2	37	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	38	28	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	32	0.00	0.0
April 5	68	37	0.30	0.0
April 6	68	32	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	30	0.02	0.0
April 8	38	30	0.01	0.0
April 9	42	36	0.37	0.0
April 10	49	36	0.14	0.0
April 11	54	37	0.00	0.0
April 12	39	29	0.00	0.0
April 13	63	31	0.00	0.0
April 14	54	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	47	36	0.00	0.0
April 16	43	34	0.00	0.0
April 17	51	36	0.10	0.0
April 18	52	34	0.00	0.0
April 19	46	34	0.00	0.0
April 20	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 21	44	36	0.00	0.0
April 22	42	35	0.00	0.0
April 23	45	30	0.00	0.0
April 24	42	29	0.00	0.0
April 25	52	29	0.00	0.0
April 26	75	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	78	53	0.00	0.0
April 28	75	38	0.00	0.0
April 29	39	33	0.35	0.0
April 30	35	31	1.05	2.0

May 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	42	29	0.00
May 2	41	31	0.01
May 3	56	38	0.15
May 4	57	44	0.02
May 5	62	42	0.00
May 6	56	46	0.00
May 7	46	37	0.53
May 8	45	38	0.22
May 9	55	41	0.06
May 10	61	46	0.02
May 11	64	45	0.27
May 12	51	34	0.01
May 13	41	33	0.00
May 14	44	35	0.00
May 15	48	34	0.00
May 16	49	31	0.00
May 17	55	38	0.17
May 18	44	40	0.13
May 19	51	39	0.01
May 20	51	40	0.00
May 21	57	44	0.00
May 22	61	49	0.00
May 23	63	51	0.00
May 24	63	48	0.00
May 25	65	51	0.10
May 26	69	53	0.02
May 27	59	48	0.36
May 28	57	45	0.08
May 29	71	48	0.01
May 30	59	42	0.04
May 31	63	41	0.00

June 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	44	0.00
June 2	55	40	0.00
June 3	62	43	0.00
June 4	71	51	0.00
June 5	80	51	0.00
June 6	75	46	0.00
June 7	53	43	0.00
June 8	77	44	0.00
June 9	80	55	0.00
June 10	73	56	0.00
June 11	65	47	0.00
June 12	73	57	0.00
June 13	80	52	0.94
June 14	84	63	0.76
June 15	87	68	0.00
June 16	79	68	0.00
June 17	79	60	0.00
June 18	80	64	0.00
June 19	76	62	0.02
June 20	78	63	0.00
June 21	86	65	0.06
June 22	84	66	0.00
June 23	80	65	0.00
June 24	79	63	0.00
June 25	72	54	0.00
June 26	56	48	0.00
June 27	56	49	0.50
June 28	68	51	0.62
June 29	65	52	0.00
June 30	83	59	0.00

July 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	57	0.00
July 2	75	56	0.00
July 3	90	67	0.06
July 4	73	64	0.76
July 5	79	62	0.02
July 6	86	65	0.36
July 7	76	64	0.00
July 8	68	56	0.54
July 9	67	57	0.00
July 10	85	56	0.00
July 11	91	62	0.00
July 12	63	52	0.00
July 13	68	52	0.00
July 14	64	56	0.00
July 15	69	53	0.00
July 16	69	56	0.00
July 17	72	63	0.09
July 18	81	60	0.01
July 19	75	59	0.00
July 20	69	57	0.00
July 21	82	59	0.20
July 22	78	65	0.06
July 23	75	62	0.00
July 24	80	58	0.00
July 25	77	62	0.02
July 26	77	65	0.04
July 27	74	63	0.00
July 28	72	63	0.00
July 29	84	67	0.04
July 30	90	66	0.03
July 31	82	63	1.25

August 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	71	57	0.02
August 2	71	59	0.44
August 3	90	67	0.01
August 4	74	66	0.00
August 5	74	62	0.00
August 6	82	67	0.08
August 7	75	61	1.00
August 8	74	60	0.42
August 9	70	50	0.00
August 10	65	56	0.00
August 11	63	57	0.00
August 12	68	55	0.00
August 13	69	51	0.00
August 14	76	58	0.05
August 15	76	65	0.04
August 16	85	64	0.16
August 17	67	58	0.00
August 18	77	52	0.00
August 19	81	64	0.00
August 20	73	64	0.00
August 21	76	60	0.00
August 22	65	49	0.00
August 23	80	50	0.00
August 24	81	59	0.00
August 25	87	64	0.00
August 26	89	65	0.00
August 27	65	57	0.00
August 28	66	50	0.00
August 29	78	60	0.00
August 30	88	57	0.00
August 31	63	57	0.00

September 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	67	45	0.00
September 2	66	55	0.00
September 3	73	53	0.00
September 4	69	59	0.00
September 5	62	56	0.00
September 6	64	56	0.00
September 7	73	60	0.00
September 8	80	58	0.08
September 9	78	54	0.00
September 10	74	52	0.00
September 11	82	62	0.01
September 12	62	49	0.00
September 13	60	40	0.00
September 14	69	43	0.00
September 15	71	54	0.11
September 16	64	56	0.14
September 17	55	51	0.38
September 18	58	50	0.06
September 19	65	49	0.00
September 20	64	47	0.00
September 21	63	52	0.00
September 22	65	55	0.01
September 23	64	51	0.01
September 24	66	49	0.01
September 25	61	54	0.14
September 26	62	44	0.04
September 27	56	45	0.00
September 28	50	37	0.00
September 29	56	34	0.00
September 30	66	42	0.00

October 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	45	0.00
October 2	45	37	0.00
October 3	53	32	0.00
October 4	72	43	0.00
October 5	53	48	0.00
October 6	58	44	0.00
October 7	73	42	0.00
October 8	52	45	0.00
October 9	50	36	0.00
October 10	53	34	0.00
October 11	55	42	0.00
October 12	53	46	0.00
October 13	59	44	0.00
October 14	59	37	0.00
October 15	52	46	0.13
October 16	56	42	0.05
October 17	50	37	0.00
October 18	49	45	0.06
October 19	48	38	0.30
October 20	39	30	0.00
October 21	44	30	0.00
October 22	44	40	0.10
October 23	45	40	0.02
October 24	60	35	0.00
October 25	58	42	0.00
October 26	59	50	0.01
October 27	56	42	0.51
October 28	48	36	0.00
October 29	54	41	0.00
October 30	54	37	0.00
October 31	72	52	0.00

November 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	49	0.00
November 2	60	43	0.18
November 3	58	38	0.00
November 4	61	47	0.00
November 5	52	46	0.32
November 6	46	39	0.00
November 7	47	33	0.00
November 8	45	43	0.09
November 9	44	40	0.36
November 10	42	34	0.42
November 11	46	29	0.00
November 12	55	35	0.00
November 13	55	37	0.00
November 14	59	40	0.00
November 15	46	31	0.01
November 16	35	21	0.00
November 17	27	14	0.00
November 18	38	20	0.04
November 19	41	33	0.00
November 20	36	22	0.00
November 21	40	24	0.00
November 22	40	28	0.00
November 23	46	28	0.00
November 24	44	31	0.00
November 25	43	38	0.00
November 26	39	37	0.00
November 27	43	32	0.00
November 28	38	33	0.04
November 29	37	33	0.00
November 30	35	32	0.00

December 1888 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 2	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	32	30	0.00	0.0
December 4	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	37	32	0.06	0.0
December 6	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	38	35	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 10	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	28	22	0.00	0.0
December 12	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 13	27	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	29	0.26	0.0
December 16	43	28	0.20	0.0
December 17	28	23	0.00	0.0
December 18	24	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	26	19	0.00	0.0
December 20	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 21	22	16	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 23	52	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	50	36	0.04	0.0
December 25	36	33	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	30	1.33	0.1
December 27	30	21	0.05	0.5
December 28	20	13	0.00	0.0
December 29	30	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	37	27	0.02	0.0
December 31	31	20	0.01	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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1871–1938	Milwaukee WB	location