Milwaukee Weather in 1988

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	August 1
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	79 °F	August 3
Lowest daily high	-2 °F	January 5
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	September 22
Most daily snow	9.2 inches	February 10
Total annual precipitation	30.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	43.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1988 was 103 °F which happened on August 1.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Aug 1
2	101 °F	Jun 21
3	100 °F	Aug 17
3	100 °F	Aug 16
3	100 °F	Aug 3
3	100 °F	Jun 25
7	99 °F	Aug 2
7	99 °F	Jul 6
9	98 °F	Aug 4
10	97 °F	Jul 8

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1988 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 5
2	-11 °F	January 10
2	-11 °F	January 6
4	-10 °F	January 7
5	-9 °F	January 4
6	-7 °F	January 9
7	-5 °F	January 27
8	-4 °F	February 6
9	-3 °F	February 5
9	-3 °F	January 8
9	-3 °F	January 1

January 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	7	-3	0.00	0.0
January 2	22	1	0.00	0.0
January 3	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	17	-9	0.00	0.0
January 5	-2	-12	0.00	0.0
January 6	0	-11	0.00	0.0
January 7	12	-10	0.00	0.0
January 8	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	6	-7	0.00	0.0
January 10	12	-11	0.00	0.0
January 11	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	18	0.06	0.6
January 13	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 14	20	0	0.10	1.0
January 15	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	33	0.75	1.0
January 18	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	36	30	1.54	0.2
January 20	34	28	0.13	0.2
January 21	29	24	0.00	0.0
January 22	28	22	0.03	0.5
January 23	29	9	0.19	3.0
January 24	29	14	0.08	1.3
January 25	25	7	0.14	1.9
January 26	18	4	0.04	0.4
January 27	16	-5	0.01	0.1
January 28	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 29	45	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	53	42	0.00	0.0
January 31	54	31	0.18	0.0

February 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	15	0.13	1.5
February 2	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 4	19	8	0.01	0.1
February 5	8	-3	0.00	0.0
February 6	7	-4	0.00	0.0
February 7	25	7	0.02	0.2
February 8	21	2	0.11	1.9
February 9	18	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	19	9	0.38	9.2
February 11	20	8	0.16	4.7
February 12	14	3	0.00	0.0
February 13	18	1	0.00	0.0
February 14	37	11	0.15	0.6
February 15	25	14	0.19	0.9
February 16	35	14	0.05	0.5
February 17	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 18	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	6	0.08	0.9
February 21	30	0	0.00	0.0
February 22	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 23	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 24	23	14	0.01	0.2
February 25	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 26	49	19	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 29	45	28	0.00	0.0

March 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 3	29	23	0.00	0.0
March 4	33	21	0.00	0.0
March 5	42	18	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	28	0.02	0.0
March 8	52	38	0.08	0.0
March 9	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	54	27	0.04	0.3
March 13	28	22	0.05	0.6
March 14	26	19	0.01	0.2
March 15	30	15	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 17	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	24	0.05	0.7
March 20	26	15	0.01	0.2
March 21	31	22	0.00	0.0
March 22	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	62	38	0.00	0.0
March 24	64	32	0.02	0.0
March 25	61	43	0.03	0.0
March 26	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	34	0.61	0.0
March 29	54	32	0.38	0.9
March 30	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 31	44	26	0.00	0.0

April 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	44	35	0.00
April 2	55	39	0.84
April 3	56	47	0.16
April 4	66	46	0.00
April 5	70	45	0.53
April 6	56	39	0.69
April 7	56	39	0.00
April 8	53	35	0.00
April 9	56	34	0.00
April 10	50	37	0.00
April 11	47	37	0.00
April 12	54	39	0.00
April 13	73	37	0.08
April 14	50	35	0.00
April 15	44	29	0.00
April 16	61	34	0.00
April 17	73	40	0.00
April 18	49	30	0.00
April 19	51	28	0.00
April 20	52	34	0.07
April 21	51	27	0.00
April 22	46	36	1.00
April 23	42	38	0.09
April 24	51	33	0.00
April 25	66	40	0.00
April 26	54	37	0.45
April 27	42	37	0.21
April 28	57	37	0.00
April 29	63	34	0.00
April 30	59	37	0.00

May 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	39	0.00
May 2	66	40	0.00
May 3	64	42	0.00
May 4	60	40	0.00
May 5	69	42	0.00
May 6	61	46	0.00
May 7	67	43	0.00
May 8	81	54	0.13
May 9	61	50	0.19
May 10	67	43	0.00
May 11	65	39	0.11
May 12	78	55	0.00
May 13	73	42	0.00
May 14	66	40	0.01
May 15	81	59	0.05
May 16	62	44	0.00
May 17	56	42	0.00
May 18	62	41	0.00
May 19	69	44	0.00
May 20	71	50	0.00
May 21	73	49	0.00
May 22	66	49	0.00
May 23	58	50	0.01
May 24	54	40	0.00
May 25	57	38	0.00
May 26	81	46	0.00
May 27	84	57	0.00
May 28	87	62	0.00
May 29	89	62	0.00
May 30	89	59	0.00
May 31	90	62	0.00

June 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	92	64	0.00
June 2	72	50	0.12
June 3	67	45	0.00
June 4	74	46	0.00
June 5	89	61	0.00
June 6	91	67	0.00
June 7	93	62	0.00
June 8	63	48	0.00
June 9	62	48	0.00
June 10	70	45	0.00
June 11	85	52	0.00
June 12	89	59	0.00
June 13	94	65	0.00
June 14	94	71	0.00
June 15	88	59	0.01
June 16	75	55	0.00
June 17	71	55	0.00
June 18	91	55	0.00
June 19	93	71	0.00
June 20	93	69	0.00
June 21	101	67	0.00
June 22	96	62	0.05
June 23	73	60	0.00
June 24	91	65	0.00
June 25	100	60	0.00
June 26	71	57	0.00
June 27	73	55	0.00
June 28	82	59	0.48
June 29	65	57	0.04
June 30	67	56	0.00

July 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	54	0.00
July 2	77	53	0.00
July 3	83	60	0.00
July 4	85	64	0.00
July 5	90	62	0.00
July 6	99	68	0.00
July 7	96	75	0.00
July 8	97	73	0.00
July 9	95	68	0.00
July 10	83	70	0.00
July 11	84	65	0.00
July 12	73	63	0.00
July 13	93	64	0.00
July 14	92	71	0.00
July 15	87	68	0.00
July 16	87	67	1.16
July 17	82	64	0.00
July 18	81	67	0.01
July 19	80	63	0.00
July 20	81	69	0.00
July 21	72	64	0.12
July 22	77	60	0.00
July 23	80	62	0.00
July 24	86	65	0.24
July 25	79	67	0.00
July 26	78	64	0.00
July 27	90	64	0.00
July 28	96	73	0.00
July 29	92	72	0.00
July 30	91	69	0.00
July 31	86	65	0.00

August 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	103	79	0.00
August 2	99	79	0.00
August 3	100	79	0.00
August 4	98	72	0.86
August 5	85	70	0.00
August 6	91	67	0.00
August 7	91	70	0.00
August 8	86	72	0.98
August 9	79	67	0.00
August 10	80	67	0.00
August 11	92	70	0.00
August 12	94	76	0.00
August 13	91	76	0.01
August 14	93	76	0.00
August 15	84	70	0.25
August 16	100	73	0.00
August 17	100	69	0.00
August 18	75	65	0.35
August 19	74	64	0.00
August 20	75	61	0.00
August 21	75	61	0.00
August 22	74	64	0.27
August 23	83	64	0.53
August 24	78	61	0.00
August 25	78	62	0.00
August 26	76	56	0.00
August 27	67	62	0.00
August 28	74	51	0.00
August 29	71	51	0.00
August 30	76	52	0.00
August 31	84	59	0.00

September 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	60	0.00
September 2	81	58	0.00
September 3	75	60	0.41
September 4	65	51	1.23
September 5	62	46	0.00
September 6	66	42	0.00
September 7	74	50	0.00
September 8	79	57	0.00
September 9	78	53	0.00
September 10	73	57	0.00
September 11	75	54	0.00
September 12	83	65	0.01
September 13	72	55	0.00
September 14	75	56	0.00
September 15	65	54	0.00
September 16	71	60	0.00
September 17	88	62	0.25
September 18	75	67	0.00
September 19	74	52	0.57
September 20	59	52	0.07
September 21	57	53	0.00
September 22	74	56	2.40
September 23	67	50	0.00
September 24	68	47	0.00
September 25	76	49	0.00
September 26	80	52	0.00
September 27	77	53	0.00
September 28	59	52	0.00
September 29	65	56	0.00
September 30	80	53	0.00

October 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	57	1.43
October 2	61	49	0.05
October 3	61	42	0.04
October 4	51	38	0.00
October 5	52	35	0.00
October 6	53	34	0.00
October 7	60	38	0.00
October 8	62	43	0.00
October 9	61	47	0.00
October 10	63	46	0.00
October 11	48	38	0.00
October 12	47	30	0.00
October 13	54	29	0.00
October 14	71	44	0.00
October 15	75	54	0.00
October 16	70	52	0.15
October 17	57	46	0.26
October 18	53	40	0.08
October 19	51	36	0.00
October 20	51	32	0.13
October 21	51	39	0.10
October 22	49	34	0.00
October 23	47	37	0.61
October 24	41	32	0.00
October 25	38	29	0.00
October 26	43	32	0.00
October 27	58	33	0.12
October 28	42	30	0.00
October 29	38	24	0.00
October 30	40	20	0.00
October 31	50	29	0.00

November 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	45	34	0.00	0.0
November 3	57	40	0.00	0.0
November 4	55	47	1.01	0.0
November 5	52	33	0.26	0.2
November 6	38	31	0.18	1.1
November 7	45	34	0.12	0.0
November 8	48	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	41	0.80	0.0
November 10	49	36	0.17	0.0
November 11	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	35	0.42	0.0
November 13	53	37	0.00	0.0
November 14	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 15	59	44	0.47	0.0
November 16	60	33	0.62	0.0
November 17	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	40	0.24	0.0
November 20	41	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	33	26	0.00	0.0
November 22	39	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	50	31	0.00	0.0
November 24	57	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	55	40	0.00	0.0
November 26	58	43	0.72	0.0
November 27	49	31	0.02	0.2
November 28	35	25	0.06	0.5
November 29	41	25	0.04	0.4
November 30	33	25	0.02	0.3

December 1988 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	27	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	47	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 5	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 10	19	8	0.02	0.2
December 11	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 12	26	8	0.11	1.3
December 13	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 16	15	3	0.02	0.3
December 17	21	11	0.00	0.0
December 18	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 19	51	18	0.00	0.0
December 20	52	34	0.17	0.0
December 21	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	31	0.17	0.0
December 23	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	25	0.01	0.0
December 25	27	16	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	19	0.55	5.3
December 27	37	17	0.38	0.0
December 28	19	10	0.00	0.0
December 29	19	5	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	18	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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1871–1938	Milwaukee WB	location