Milwaukee Weather in 1938

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 2
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	December 30
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 3
Lowest daily high	5 °F	December 30
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	January 24
Most daily snow	3.8 inches	March 4
Total annual precipitation	40.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1938 was 94 °F which happened on August 2.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 2
2	93 °F	Aug 3
3	91 °F	Aug 14
4	90 °F	Aug 10
4	90 °F	Jul 19
6	89 °F	Jul 25
7	88 °F	Aug 13
7	88 °F	Aug 1
9	87 °F	Jul 16
9	87 °F	Jul 7

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1938 was -6 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	December 30
1	-6 °F	January 31
3	-3 °F	January 30
4	-2 °F	December 29
4	-2 °F	January 8
6	0 °F	December 28
6	0 °F	January 7
8	1 °F	December 27
8	1 °F	January 28
10	2 °F	December 31

January 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 2	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	13	0.00	0.0
January 6	22	14	0.05	1.4
January 7	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 8	11	-2	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	5	0.01	0.4
January 10	26	17	0.01	0.5
January 11	36	21	0.05	0.0
January 12	35	19	0.06	0.4
January 13	30	13	0.00	0.0
January 14	32	23	0.32	2.8
January 15	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	36	31	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	28	0.06	0.4
January 18	29	26	0.00	0.0
January 19	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 21	41	32	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	35	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	30	0.43	0.0
January 24	39	23	2.81	0.8
January 25	23	12	0.07	0.5
January 26	17	6	0.00	0.6
January 27	12	3	0.00	0.0
January 28	21	1	0.00	0.0
January 29	33	20	0.32	0.0
January 30	33	-3	0.41	0.0
January 31	6	-6	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	3	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	30	0.23	0.0
February 3	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	26	0.25	0.0
February 5	48	37	0.64	0.0
February 6	49	31	0.08	0.0
February 7	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 9	51	25	0.02	0.0
February 10	30	23	0.08	0.0
February 11	33	28	0.01	0.5
February 12	41	33	1.26	0.0
February 13	57	33	0.05	0.0
February 14	33	14	0.00	0.0
February 15	24	15	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	32	0.52	0.0
February 18	32	27	0.03	0.1
February 19	30	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	28	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	25	0.00	0.0
February 22	34	28	0.13	2.0
February 23	33	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	30	22	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	20	0.03	0.0
February 26	39	30	0.00	0.3
February 27	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	18	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	24	0.21	0.0
March 3	25	19	0.00	0.0
March 4	30	25	0.51	3.8
March 5	31	20	0.00	0.0
March 6	30	16	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	35	26	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 12	62	36	0.00	0.0
March 13	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	37	30	0.00	0.0
March 15	40	31	0.01	0.0
March 16	41	35	0.10	0.0
March 17	54	35	0.01	0.0
March 18	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	58	44	0.02	0.0
March 20	65	46	0.00	0.0
March 21	75	40	0.00	0.0
March 22	77	45	1.22	0.0
March 23	47	36	0.42	0.0
March 24	53	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	39	0.04	0.0
March 26	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 27	56	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	58	41	0.06	0.0
March 29	73	42	0.39	0.0
March 30	65	45	0.30	0.0
March 31	65	35	0.00	0.0

April 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	37	30	0.00	0.0
April 2	35	27	0.00	0.0
April 3	37	27	0.06	0.0
April 4	40	28	0.00	0.0
April 5	34	28	0.00	0.0
April 6	35	28	0.12	0.3
April 7	36	31	0.00	0.0
April 8	37	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	45	31	0.00	0.0
April 10	55	33	0.00	0.0
April 11	65	43	0.00	0.0
April 12	57	40	0.00	0.0
April 13	78	51	0.00	0.0
April 14	75	54	0.01	0.0
April 15	61	40	0.00	0.0
April 16	57	43	0.32	0.0
April 17	68	50	0.20	0.0
April 18	69	54	0.00	0.0
April 19	73	55	0.00	0.0
April 20	56	38	0.00	0.0
April 21	59	38	0.00	0.0
April 22	48	36	0.00	0.0
April 23	51	39	0.00	0.0
April 24	50	41	0.25	0.0
April 25	50	42	0.00	0.0
April 26	69	43	0.00	0.0
April 27	83	62	0.00	0.0
April 28	65	43	0.01	0.0
April 29	60	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	57	38	0.00	0.0

May 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	47	0.00
May 2	75	51	0.00
May 3	85	56	0.00
May 4	81	53	0.11
May 5	62	46	0.00
May 6	64	45	0.00
May 7	48	39	0.07
May 8	50	42	0.24
May 9	55	40	0.00
May 10	53	39	0.00
May 11	48	37	0.00
May 12	49	38	0.00
May 13	53	41	0.00
May 14	61	45	0.07
May 15	64	50	0.44
May 16	69	47	0.00
May 17	60	45	1.02
May 18	64	45	0.15
May 19	68	45	1.54
May 20	59	48	0.00
May 21	67	49	0.00
May 22	66	48	0.00
May 23	67	45	0.00
May 24	55	41	0.00
May 25	68	49	0.05
May 26	60	48	0.00
May 27	67	49	0.00
May 28	62	50	0.04
May 29	69	52	0.00
May 30	66	53	0.00
May 31	65	54	0.00

June 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	56	2.06
June 2	78	58	0.00
June 3	79	60	0.26
June 4	73	61	0.04
June 5	77	58	0.00
June 6	80	58	0.15
June 7	70	55	0.00
June 8	73	53	0.00
June 9	72	57	0.00
June 10	78	56	1.15
June 11	73	63	0.00
June 12	71	55	0.00
June 13	70	57	0.00
June 14	77	60	0.00
June 15	82	65	0.00
June 16	68	52	0.00
June 17	59	52	0.00
June 18	63	55	0.00
June 19	69	56	0.00
June 20	76	58	0.00
June 21	80	65	0.00
June 22	86	63	0.53
June 23	81	65	0.00
June 24	71	63	0.50
June 25	67	59	0.04
June 26	65	56	0.00
June 27	65	53	0.00
June 28	68	53	0.00
June 29	70	56	0.00
June 30	70	60	2.20

July 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	59	0.25
July 2	67	61	0.53
July 3	74	62	0.00
July 4	72	62	0.00
July 5	75	66	0.00
July 6	84	68	0.01
July 7	87	70	0.00
July 8	86	71	0.13
July 9	85	68	0.00
July 10	83	67	0.01
July 11	78	67	0.00
July 12	84	67	0.21
July 13	83	67	0.48
July 14	80	63	0.00
July 15	71	60	0.00
July 16	87	65	0.00
July 17	81	69	0.00
July 18	79	64	0.00
July 19	90	62	0.00
July 20	70	61	0.00
July 21	70	57	0.00
July 22	80	62	0.20
July 23	71	60	0.00
July 24	81	62	0.00
July 25	89	74	0.24
July 26	74	63	0.00
July 27	77	63	0.14
July 28	79	68	0.00
July 29	85	65	0.00
July 30	78	70	0.00
July 31	78	69	0.00

August 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	68	0.00
August 2	94	74	0.00
August 3	93	75	0.00
August 4	85	72	0.00
August 5	80	66	0.24
August 6	81	69	0.00
August 7	78	69	0.00
August 8	82	67	0.12
August 9	82	70	0.24
August 10	90	69	0.16
August 11	80	67	0.00
August 12	82	64	0.00
August 13	88	65	0.00
August 14	91	74	0.00
August 15	85	68	2.67
August 16	72	60	0.43
August 17	80	60	0.00
August 18	85	67	0.00
August 19	82	64	0.00
August 20	84	60	1.42
August 21	75	65	0.00
August 22	82	63	0.00
August 23	82	61	0.43
August 24	72	60	0.00
August 25	69	56	0.00
August 26	74	61	0.00
August 27	82	60	0.00
August 28	83	64	0.00
August 29	78	62	0.00
August 30	71	62	0.00
August 31	81	63	0.01

September 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	65	55	0.00
September 2	68	54	0.00
September 3	83	56	0.00
September 4	86	64	0.00
September 5	65	60	0.05
September 6	73	62	0.91
September 7	70	62	0.72
September 8	62	60	0.93
September 9	65	59	0.26
September 10	75	64	0.55
September 11	78	66	0.00
September 12	79	65	0.49
September 13	69	62	0.01
September 14	67	60	0.26
September 15	60	51	0.00
September 16	62	50	0.00
September 17	68	52	0.77
September 18	57	47	0.90
September 19	54	45	0.21
September 20	60	47	0.00
September 21	65	47	0.00
September 22	79	56	0.00
September 23	81	59	0.00
September 24	69	59	0.00
September 25	64	58	0.00
September 26	79	55	0.00
September 27	70	55	0.00
September 28	77	52	0.00
September 29	61	56	0.00
September 30	63	55	0.06

October 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	53	0.00
October 2	65	51	0.00
October 3	66	54	0.01
October 4	80	59	0.00
October 5	68	52	0.00
October 6	54	51	0.00
October 7	61	47	0.00
October 8	62	55	0.01
October 9	63	54	0.00
October 10	84	61	0.00
October 11	80	62	0.00
October 12	75	60	0.25
October 13	69	53	0.24
October 14	79	54	0.00
October 15	60	56	0.03
October 16	84	58	0.00
October 17	65	54	0.00
October 18	74	50	0.22
October 19	57	45	0.00
October 20	58	43	0.00
October 21	62	43	0.00
October 22	58	41	0.00
October 23	41	36	0.00
October 24	55	35	0.00
October 25	65	40	0.00
October 26	62	48	0.00
October 27	52	43	0.00
October 28	62	42	0.00
October 29	55	46	0.00
October 30	52	42	0.00
October 31	54	42	0.00

November 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	47	0.02	0.0
November 2	77	60	0.00	0.0
November 3	74	60	0.00	0.0
November 4	65	50	0.10	0.0
November 5	58	43	0.06	0.0
November 6	60	42	0.65	0.0
November 7	44	37	0.90	0.0
November 8	37	28	0.03	0.0
November 9	53	28	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	38	0.00	0.0
November 11	58	43	0.00	0.0
November 12	63	44	0.01	0.0
November 13	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 14	34	25	0.00	0.0
November 15	34	24	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	54	39	0.00	0.0
November 18	46	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 20	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 21	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 22	33	26	0.00	0.0
November 23	33	24	0.00	0.0
November 24	28	17	0.00	0.0
November 25	29	15	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	19	0.09	0.9
November 27	29	19	0.00	0.0
November 28	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 29	49	36	0.00	0.0
November 30	38	34	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	34	0.03	0.0
December 2	45	35	0.11	0.0
December 3	46	32	0.48	0.0
December 4	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	35	0.07	0.0
December 6	36	33	0.05	0.4
December 7	33	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	40	29	0.05	0.0
December 9	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 10	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	25	19	0.00	0.0
December 13	39	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 16	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 17	28	17	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	28	0.00	0.0
December 20	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	26	0.10	2.3
December 23	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 24	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	27	19	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	16	0.11	0.2
December 27	16	1	0.00	0.0
December 28	20	0	0.01	0.1
December 29	25	-2	0.00	0.0
December 30	5	-6	0.02	0.3
December 31	23	2	0.07	0.9

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Weather Station Details

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