ANNUAL HISTORICAL STATE CLIMATE SUMMARIES
Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Greatest Annual Precipitation Totals (inches)
for
Individual Stations in State by Year
|
Year |
Highest |
Station |
|
|
1885 |
42.65 |
Embarrass |
Waupaca |
|
1886 |
45.40 |
Embarrass |
Waupaca |
|
1887 |
43.55 |
Embarrass |
Waupaca |
|
1888 |
43.85 |
Embarrass |
Waupaca |
|
1889 |
35.95 |
Grantsburg |
Burnett |
|
1890 |
52.04 |
Butternut |
Ashland |
|
1891 |
41.30 |
Embarrass |
Waupaca |
|
1892 |
44.97 |
Embarrass |
Waupaca |
|
1893 |
36.91 |
Baraboo |
Sauk |
|
1894 |
35.89 |
Green Bay |
Brown |
|
1895 |
33.95 |
Crandon |
Forest |
|
1896 |
39.21 |
Appollonia |
Chippewa |
|
1897 |
34.42 |
Grantsburg |
Burnett |
|
1898 |
40.60 |
Beloit |
Rock |
|
1899 |
41.42 |
Eau Claire |
Eau Claire |
|
1900 |
46.55 |
Koepenick |
Langlade |
|
1901 |
37.06 |
Viroqua |
Vernon |
|
1902 |
44.64 |
Prairie du Chien |
Crawford |
|
1903 |
47.23 |
Grantsburg |
Burnett |
|
1904 |
45.92 |
Barron |
Barron |
|
1905 |
44.17 |
Medford |
Taylor |
|
1906 |
47.50 |
Grand River Lock |
Marquette |
|
1907 |
44.72 |
Port Washington |
Ozaukee |
|
1908 |
39.60 |
Valley Junction |
Monroe |
|
1909 |
44.48 |
Shullsburg |
Lafayette |
|
1910 |
33.05 |
Sturgeon Bay |
Door |
|
1911 |
54.10 |
Valley Junction |
Monroe |
|
1912 |
46.52 |
Merrill |
Lincoln |
|
1913 |
41.78 |
Hillsboro |
Vernon |
|
1914 |
44.36 |
Stevens Point |
Portage |
|
1915 |
39.47 |
Portage |
Columbia |
|
1916 |
42.34 |
Waukesha |
Waukesha |
|
1917 |
40.88 |
Viroqua |
Vernon |
|
1918 |
37.13 |
Waupaca |
Waupaca |
|
1919 |
41.36 |
Darlington |
Lafayette |
|
1920 |
36.36 |
Manitowoc |
Manitowoc |
|
1921 |
43.75 |
Watertown |
Jefferson |
|
1922 |
44.02 |
New London |
Waupaca |
|
1923 |
39.33 |
Park Falls |
Price |
|
1924 |
46.56 |
Wisconsin Rapids |
Wood |
|
1925 |
39.10 |
Stanley |
Chippewa |
|
1926 |
46.94 |
Park Falls |
Price |
|
1927 |
41.92 |
Brodhead |
Green |
|
1928 |
41.34 |
Darlington |
Lafayette |
|
1929 |
36.33 |
Florence |
Florence |
|
1930 |
33.42 |
Weyerhaeuser |
Rusk |
|
1931 |
41.04 |
Manitowoc |
Manitowoc |
|
1932 |
39.32 |
Prairie du Chien |
Crawford |
|
1933 |
39.19 |
Racine |
Racine |
|
1934 |
39.42 |
Neillsville |
Clark |
|
1935 |
42.77 |
Stanley |
Chippewa |
|
1936 |
33.86 |
Big St. Germain Dam |
Vilas |
|
1937 |
36.88 |
Rest Lake |
Vilas |
|
1938 |
53.92 |
Beloit |
Rock |
|
1939 |
42.09 |
Rest Lake |
Vilas |
|
1940 |
43.25 |
Coddington |
Portage |
|
1941 |
47.10 |
Prentice (nr) |
Chippewa |
|
1942 |
48.58 |
Racine |
Racine |
|
1943 |
41.19 |
Medford |
Taylor |
|
1944 |
38.87 |
Mellen 2.5N |
Ashland |
|
1945 |
41.91 |
Cumberland |
Barron |
|
1946 |
39.45 |
Park Falls |
Price |
|
1947 |
40.92 |
Richland Center |
Richland |
|
1948 |
31.58 |
Platteville |
Grant |
|
1949 |
40.47 |
Long Lake Dam |
Oneida |
|
1950 |
42.51 |
Steuben 1 NW |
Crawford |
|
1951 |
47.22 |
Buckatabon |
Vilas |
|
1952 |
39.77 |
Brodhead |
Green |
|
1953 |
45.78 |
Bayfield |
Bayfield |
|
1954 |
49.90 |
Blair |
Trempealeau |
|
1955 |
43.36 |
Gurney |
Iron |
|
1956 |
35.15 |
Ripon 5 NE |
Fond du Lac |
|
1957 |
40.74 |
St. Croix Falls |
Polk |
|
1958 |
35.48 |
Gurney |
Iron |
|
1959 |
51.10 |
Cashton 5 SE |
Monroe |
|
1960 |
43.88 |
Racine |
Racine |
|
1961 |
44.09 |
Platteville |
Grant |
|
1962 |
41.38 |
Cumberland |
Barron |
|
1963 |
32.14 |
Mather 3 NW |
Jackson |
|
1964 |
38.62 |
Eau Pleine Reservoir |
Marathon |
|
1965 |
52.72 |
Mauston 1 E |
Juneau |
|
1966 |
40.55 |
Phelps Deerskin Dam |
Vilas |
|
1967 |
40.11 |
Monroe 1 W |
Green |
|
1968 |
50.08 |
Big Falls Hydro |
Rusk |
|
1969 |
38.19 |
Lake Geneva |
Walworth |
|
1970 |
46.22 |
Ellsworth 1 E |
Pierce |
|
1971 |
39.65 |
Rice Lake |
Barron |
|
1972 |
49.97 |
Lake Geneva |
Walworth |
|
1973 |
47.96 |
Clinton 4 N |
Rock |
|
1974 |
40.40 |
Platteville |
Grant |
|
1975 |
45.86 |
St. Croix Falls |
Polk |
|
1976 |
32.35 |
Burlington |
Racine |
|
1977 |
46.94 |
Gurney |
Iron |
|
1978 |
46.44 |
Richland Center |
Richland |
|
1979 |
47.37 |
Cashton |
Monroe |
|
1980 |
46.98 |
Curtiss |
Clark |
|
1981 |
43.12 |
Cashton |
Monroe |
|
1982 |
47.46 |
Cashton |
Monroe |
|
1983 |
42.48 |
Plymouth |
Sheboygan |
|
1984 |
44.87 |
Stevens Point |
Portage |
|
1985 |
47.36 |
Sturgeon Bay |
Door |
|
1986 |
46.92 |
Foxboro |
Douglas |
|
1987 |
45.34 |
Kenosha |
Kenosha |
|
1988 |
33.45 |
Montello |
Marquette |
|
1989 |
30.67 |
Hurley |
Iron |
|
1990 |
44.67 |
Darlington |
Lafayette |
|
1991 |
50.97 |
Alma Dam 4 |
Buffalo |
|
1992 |
43.11 |
La Farge |
Vernon |
|
1993 |
49.99 |
Monroe 1 W |
Green |
|
1994 |
40.36 |
Ontario |
Vernon |
|
1995 |
41.32 |
Portage |
Columbia |
|
1996 |
45.21 |
Drummond RS |
Bayfield |
|
1997 |
36.96 |
Monroe |
Green |
|
1998 |
49.51 |
Dodgeville |
Iowa |
|
1999 |
46.59 |
Richland Center |
Richland |
|
2000 |
47.76 |
Arboretum UW |
Dane |
|
2001 |
46.78 |
Afton |
Rock |
|
2002 |
49.09 |
Hurley |
Iron |
|
2003 |
39.48 |
Hurley |
Iron |
|
2004 |
46.94 |
La Crosse 4 NNW |
La Crosse |
|
2005 |
39.04 |
Lac Vieux Desert |
Vilas |
|
2006 |
49.64 |
Watertown |
Jefferson |
|
2007 |
57.02 |
Gays Mills |
Crawford |
|
2008 |
52.17 |
Hales Corners-Whitnall Pk |
Milwaukee |
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124-yr Period of Record (1885-2008)
|
All-time |
57.02 |
2007 | Gays Mills |
Crawford |
NOTE: Embarrass observer reported 62.07 inches in 1884
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