Wisconsin State Climatology Office

CLIMATOLOGICAL EXTREMES FOR WISCONSIN

GREATEST 24-hour PRECIPITATION TOTALS BY MONTH

Month

Precip. (in)

Location

County

Date

January

3.24

Milwaukee USWB
Milwaukee
23-24 Jan 1938

February

3.24
Stevens Point
Portage
25 Feb 1926

March

4.25
Rock Springs 3 SW
Sauk
31 Mar 1998

April

6.67
Gurney
Iron
23 Apr 1960

May

5.89
Lynxville Dam 9
Crawford
22 May 2004

June

11.72#
Mellen
Ashland
24 Jun 1946

July

11.25
Merrill
Lincoln
23-24 Jul 1912

August

10.84
Sheboygan
Sheboygan
6 Aug 1998

September

7.38
Dodgeville
Iowa
12-13 Sep 1915

October

8.55
 
Big Falls Hydro
Rusk
5Oct 2005

November

4.55
Mazomanie
Dane
4 Nov 2003

December

3.60
Sturgeon Bay Exp. Farm
Door
28 Dec 1959

#All-time greatest 24-hr precipitation total in state

Greatest State 24-hour Precipitation Totals (inches) by Year (1892-present) Tabular / Graph

24-hr Maximum Precipitation Extremes for each station in state (since 1893)

Greatest State Annual Precipitation Totals (inches) by Year (1885-present) [List]/[Graph]

Smallest Monthly Precipitation Totals (inches) by Month (1885-present)

Smallest State Annual Precipitation Totals (inches) by Year (1885-present) [List]/[Graph]

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