Milwaukee Weather in 1948

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 24
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	January 18
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 24
Lowest daily high	-1 °F	January 17
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	March 19
Most daily snow	10.3 inches	January 1
Total annual precipitation	24.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	37.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1948 was 100 °F which happened on August 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 24
2	95 °F	Aug 23
3	94 °F	Aug 26
3	94 °F	Aug 25
5	92 °F	Sep 12
5	92 °F	Aug 29
5	92 °F	Jul 3
8	91 °F	Sep 16
8	91 °F	Jul 10
8	91 °F	Jul 2

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1948 was -16 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	January 18
1	-16 °F	January 17
3	-10 °F	January 16
4	-9 °F	January 28
5	-8 °F	January 27
6	-6 °F	January 23
6	-6 °F	January 14
8	-4 °F	February 8
8	-4 °F	January 24
10	-3 °F	March 12
10	-3 °F	February 9
10	-3 °F	January 20
10	-3 °F	January 19

January 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	27	0.84	10.3
January 2	30	23	0.04	0.5
January 3	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	23	0.04	0.6
January 5	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 6	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 7	35	9	0.00	0.0
January 8	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 9	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	22	0	0.00	0.0
January 14	6	-6	0.00	0.0
January 15	31	6	0.07	1.1
January 16	14	-10	0.00	0.0
January 17	-1	-16	0.00	0.0
January 18	15	-16	0.01	0.2
January 19	23	-3	0.02	0.4
January 20	34	-3	0.00	0.0
January 21	17	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 23	11	-6	0.00	0.0
January 24	18	-4	0.05	3.1
January 25	21	2	0.00	0.0
January 26	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 27	3	-8	0.00	0.0
January 28	15	-9	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	22	16	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	7	0.00	0.0
February 2	24	7	0.00	0.0
February 3	18	5	0.16	1.5
February 4	24	15	0.07	1.3
February 5	26	13	0.01	0.5
February 6	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	7	0.06	1.4
February 8	11	-4	0.00	0.0
February 9	18	-3	0.01	0.4
February 10	25	11	0.01	0.7
February 11	30	18	0.00	0.0
February 12	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	19	0.01	0.1
February 14	28	11	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	7	0.00	0.0
February 16	43	34	0.00	0.0
February 17	48	33	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	33	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	8	0.00	0.0
February 20	16	3	0.00	0.0
February 21	21	6	0.00	0.0
February 22	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	42	35	0.02	0.0
February 25	42	33	0.00	0.0
February 26	51	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	32	1.17	0.0
February 28	40	25	0.15	0.0
February 29	28	24	0.01	0.2

March 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	24	0.07	1.0
March 2	28	25	0.63	7.8
March 3	28	21	0.00	0.1
March 4	24	17	0.00	0.1
March 5	26	18	0.00	0.0
March 6	33	26	0.08	0.4
March 7	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	15	0.00	0.0
March 9	21	9	0.00	0.0
March 10	13	4	0.00	0.0
March 11	20	2	0.00	0.0
March 12	24	-3	0.00	0.0
March 13	36	10	0.00	0.0
March 14	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	49	34	0.18	0.0
March 16	46	32	0.01	0.0
March 17	47	31	0.05	0.8
March 18	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	53	40	1.56	0.0
March 20	61	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	66	38	0.20	0.0
March 22	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	30	0.01	0.0
March 27	31	24	0.41	2.4
March 28	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 29	40	27	0.13	0.0
March 30	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 31	46	38	0.26	0.0

April 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	40	33	0.00
April 2	43	31	0.00
April 3	41	28	0.00
April 4	67	34	0.00
April 5	69	37	0.08
April 6	46	35	0.00
April 7	66	42	0.19
April 8	54	31	0.00
April 9	43	30	0.00
April 10	59	37	0.02
April 11	61	44	0.53
April 12	45	36	0.00
April 13	43	36	0.00
April 14	54	38	0.00
April 15	66	40	0.01
April 16	57	34	0.00
April 17	47	32	0.00
April 18	72	40	0.06
April 19	77	60	0.00
April 20	70	40	0.00
April 21	54	36	0.00
April 22	55	35	0.06
April 23	63	44	0.70
April 24	78	60	0.00
April 25	77	53	0.00
April 26	72	50	0.17
April 27	67	46	0.09
April 28	54	41	0.00
April 29	48	39	0.00
April 30	62	39	0.00

May 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	43	0.00
May 2	49	41	0.00
May 3	60	41	0.00
May 4	56	42	0.01
May 5	72	44	0.01
May 6	56	40	0.66
May 7	52	36	0.00
May 8	47	32	0.12
May 9	43	38	1.26
May 10	41	37	1.24
May 11	45	39	0.09
May 12	48	42	0.04
May 13	52	45	0.11
May 14	64	48	0.00
May 15	71	48	0.30
May 16	71	52	0.19
May 17	67	50	0.00
May 18	57	44	0.00
May 19	65	41	0.00
May 20	82	51	0.02
May 21	72	45	0.00
May 22	79	41	0.00
May 23	50	42	0.00
May 24	57	38	0.00
May 25	63	41	0.00
May 26	75	46	0.00
May 27	79	51	0.00
May 28	64	45	0.00
May 29	57	44	0.00
May 30	69	48	0.00
May 31	79	51	0.00

June 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	52	0.00
June 2	86	61	0.00
June 3	89	64	0.00
June 4	90	50	0.52
June 5	54	46	0.02
June 6	62	47	0.00
June 7	76	53	0.13
June 8	68	52	0.02
June 9	75	55	0.00
June 10	83	56	0.00
June 11	68	55	0.07
June 12	63	54	0.22
June 13	77	56	0.00
June 14	74	50	0.00
June 15	58	46	0.00
June 16	64	48	0.00
June 17	71	51	0.00
June 18	62	52	0.04
June 19	58	47	0.02
June 20	72	43	0.02
June 21	71	54	0.15
June 22	85	58	0.00
June 23	88	67	0.08
June 24	84	67	0.00
June 25	70	56	0.00
June 26	82	57	0.00
June 27	85	61	0.00
June 28	84	60	1.50
June 29	79	62	0.40
June 30	69	55	0.00

July 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	72	50	0.00
July 2	91	60	0.03
July 3	92	60	0.00
July 4	87	66	0.47
July 5	90	68	0.00
July 6	84	61	0.00
July 7	77	58	0.00
July 8	78	59	0.00
July 9	86	58	0.00
July 10	91	62	0.00
July 11	86	68	0.00
July 12	87	66	0.02
July 13	76	63	0.00
July 14	70	63	0.00
July 15	72	61	0.03
July 16	86	62	0.00
July 17	86	66	0.00
July 18	75	63	0.00
July 19	83	64	0.00
July 20	87	68	0.00
July 21	89	70	0.01
July 22	80	60	1.26
July 23	73	58	0.00
July 24	82	57	0.00
July 25	80	61	0.03
July 26	86	65	0.00
July 27	83	64	0.00
July 28	84	60	0.00
July 29	83	63	0.02
July 30	82	64	0.29
July 31	80	59	0.00

August 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	62	0.00
August 2	75	58	0.00
August 3	73	62	0.00
August 4	70	60	0.00
August 5	71	53	0.00
August 6	78	53	0.00
August 7	79	61	0.00
August 8	78	57	0.00
August 9	76	55	0.00
August 10	87	67	0.00
August 11	81	65	0.10
August 12	78	63	0.00
August 13	75	58	0.00
August 14	75	57	0.00
August 15	80	54	0.00
August 16	82	62	0.02
August 17	80	58	0.34
August 18	80	59	0.00
August 19	74	58	0.00
August 20	80	55	0.00
August 21	88	63	0.00
August 22	86	69	0.00
August 23	95	69	0.00
August 24	100	76	0.00
August 25	94	74	0.00
August 26	94	71	0.00
August 27	87	73	0.00
August 28	90	75	0.00
August 29	92	69	0.00
August 30	74	66	0.00
August 31	75	61	0.00

September 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	58	0.03
September 2	77	60	0.00
September 3	80	56	0.00
September 4	84	58	0.00
September 5	83	64	0.00
September 6	80	66	0.00
September 7	81	63	0.00
September 8	65	52	0.40
September 9	75	49	0.00
September 10	72	49	0.00
September 11	88	56	0.00
September 12	92	64	0.00
September 13	73	61	0.00
September 14	69	58	0.00
September 15	86	55	0.00
September 16	91	64	0.00
September 17	90	68	0.00
September 18	86	67	0.07
September 19	82	62	0.00
September 20	70	62	0.39
September 21	65	59	0.01
September 22	62	54	0.02
September 23	65	55	0.00
September 24	65	51	0.00
September 25	66	47	0.00
September 26	66	52	0.00
September 27	69	48	0.00
September 28	69	48	0.00
September 29	66	59	0.25
September 30	66	58	0.07

October 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	55	0.00
October 2	58	45	0.00
October 3	58	50	0.00
October 4	59	51	0.00
October 5	62	54	0.00
October 6	61	55	0.00
October 7	57	41	0.26
October 8	53	38	0.02
October 9	54	40	0.01
October 10	58	35	0.00
October 11	56	41	0.04
October 12	57	40	0.00
October 13	59	40	0.00
October 14	65	37	0.00
October 15	66	42	0.00
October 16	59	40	0.00
October 17	40	25	0.00
October 18	52	21	0.00
October 19	53	36	0.00
October 20	53	32	0.00
October 21	53	47	0.00
October 22	58	44	0.00
October 23	50	40	0.00
October 24	53	34	0.00
October 25	61	35	0.00
October 26	70	39	0.00
October 27	70	43	0.00
October 28	68	44	0.00
October 29	66	39	0.00
October 30	67	46	0.00
October 31	68	50	0.00

November 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	67	44	0.00
November 2	52	50	0.00
November 3	54	50	0.55
November 4	60	51	0.03
November 5	63	47	0.33
November 6	51	41	0.01
November 7	51	36	0.00
November 8	52	39	0.00
November 9	49	35	0.35
November 10	42	30	0.00
November 11	42	31	0.00
November 12	52	31	0.10
November 13	42	32	0.00
November 14	44	32	0.00
November 15	48	33	0.00
November 16	59	37	0.32
November 17	50	33	0.00
November 18	52	42	0.03
November 19	49	42	0.66
November 20	42	34	0.03
November 21	38	33	0.03
November 22	35	32	0.00
November 23	36	28	0.00
November 24	38	29	0.00
November 25	47	34	0.03
November 26	48	32	0.00
November 27	41	27	0.00
November 28	38	29	0.00
November 29	41	26	0.00
November 30	39	22	0.00

December 1948 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	53	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	34	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	29	0.50	0.0
December 6	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 8	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	27	15	0.01	0.1
December 10	22	8	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 12	46	33	0.05	0.0
December 13	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	31	0.55	0.0
December 15	39	35	0.48	0.0
December 16	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 17	26	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	36	17	0.10	1.4
December 19	33	26	0.11	1.1
December 20	37	18	0.01	0.1
December 21	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	28	15	0.00	0.0
December 23	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 24	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 25	18	6	0.00	0.0
December 26	21	7	0.00	0.0
December 27	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	28	0.55	0.0
December 29	37	23	0.14	0.1
December 30	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	15	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