Madison, WI: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 52.5°F in Madison, WI, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, tied 12th warmest of 158 (with 1939).

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 52.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 12th warmest of 158
Precipitation: 32.51 in; Wettest since 2024; 30th wettest of 158

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Madison, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 50.6°F, between 48.7°F and 52.6°F in eight years of ten and 30.96 in of precipitation, between 23.32 in and 40.32 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Madison, WI since 1869: 52.5°F in 2026; the highest is 55.4°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 48.7 to 52.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Madison, WI from 1869 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	52.5	12	62.9	7	42.1	40	32.51	30	0
2025	52	22	62.4	14	41.6	55	29.06	57	0
2024	54.2	2	64.3	2	44.1	9	41.06	5	0
2023	53.1	7	63.2	6	42.9	26	24.35	102	0
2022	50.4	62	60.1	60	40.6	79	30.82	42	0
2021	52.1	19	62.3	20	41.9	45	19.51	144	0
2020	51.7	33	61.2	38	42.1	40	32.61	28	0
2019	49.8	82	59.3	83	40.4	88	40.30	8	0
2018	50.8	53	60.6	49	41.1	68	45.32	1	0
2017	52.4	14	62.1	22	42.7	30	35.01	18	0
2016	52.6	10	62	23	43.3	19	37.14	11	0
2015	50.3	67	60.3	55	40.2	91	28.78	60	0
2014	47.9	133	58.1	114	37.7	134	30.45	45	0
2013	50.1	73	59.9	68	40.3	90	40.47	7	0
2012	55.4	1	66.6	1	44.2	8	18.45	151	0
2011	50.4	62	60.1	60	40.6	79	23.61	111	0
2010	52.4	14	62.2	21	42.6	33	33.00	25	0
2009	48.7	117	58.8	94	38.6	118	30.98	38	0
2008	48.9	113	58.7	100	39.1	111	38.46	10	0
2007	51.9	25	61.8	28	41.9	45	38.58	9	0
2006	52.3	17	62	23	42.5	35	30.94	39	0
2005	52.6	10	62.8	8	42.3	38	19.76	143	0
2004	49.8	82	59.7	72	39.9	97	34.80	19	0
2003	48.8	116	59.6	76	38	127	20.72	134	0
2002	51.9	25	61.9	25	41.9	45	23.75	109	0
2001	50.3	67	60	66	40.7	76	33.15	24	0
2000	51.2	42	61	40	41.4	63	36.68	12	0
1999	51.1	44	61	40	41.1	68	29.52	51	0
1998	52.8	8	61.8	28	43.8	13	36.40	14	0
1997	48.5	119	58.4	108	38.7	115	25.03	95	0
1996	47.2	144	57.5	128	36.9	147	26.57	77	0
1995	51.8	29	62.4	14	41.3	64	27.32	72	0
1994	49.2	108	60.5	53	37.8	130	29.40	52	0
1993	49.7	89	59.4	81	40	95	41.04	6	0
1992	50.2	72	60.4	54	39.9	97	24.13	104	0
1991	51.8	29	62.6	11	40.9	74	29.22	55	0
1990	52	22	62.4	14	41.6	55	29.83	48	0
1989	48.9	113	60	66	37.8	130	21.05	130	0
1988	50.4	62	62.7	9	38.1	125	18.15	153	0
1987	52.7	9	63.3	5	42	43	24.96	96	0
1986	50	76	60.1	60	39.9	97	29.32	53	0
1985	49.5	96	60.2	58	38.7	115	27.99	67	0
1984	49.1	109	59.5	78	38.6	118	23.99	107	0
1983	50.3	67	60.6	49	39.9	97	24.27	103	0
1982	46.8	148	57.8	122	35.8	153	23.08	113	0
1981	50.3	67	61.9	25	38.8	114	27.19	73	0
1980	48.3	125	59.5	78	37	145	30.38	47	0
1979	46.2	153	57.5	128	34.8	157	21.26	129	0
1978	47.4	141	59	92	35.8	153	31.45	36	0
1977	49.6	91	61.5	32	37.7	134	28.36	63	0
1976	50.4	62	63.7	3	37	145	19.83	140	0
1975	49.5	96	60.6	49	38.5	121	30.84	41	0
1974	48.5	119	59.7	72	37.3	143	30.62	44	0
1973	51.4	38	61.6	30	41.3	64	30.89	40	0
1972	46.8	148	58.3	110	35.2	156	25.85	89	0
1971	48.4	122	60.7	47	36.2	151	19.05	146	0
1970	48.6	118	59.8	69	37.3	143	26.13	83	0
1969	48.2	128	58.8	94	37.6	136	24.71	98	0
1968	49.5	96	61	40	37.9	129	25.55	92	0
1967	47.1	145	58.7	100	35.4	155	26.09	85	0
1966	47	146	59.3	83	34.8	157	20.89	131	0
1965	47	146	58	117	36	152	31.55	35	0
1964	51	49	62.6	11	39.3	106	21.34	127	0
1963	48.1	130	59.8	69	36.5	149	22.94	115	0
1962	47.9	133	58.2	113	37.6	136	19.92	139	0
1961	49.3	106	60.3	55	38.2	124	22.33	122	0
1960	47.7	138	58.1	114	37.4	140	34.05	20	0
1959	49.6	91	60.8	43	38.5	121	32.77	27	0
1958	49.5	96	61.3	35	37.8	130	18.24	152	0
1957	49.8	82	60.7	47	38.9	112	26.40	78	0
1956	49.8	82	61.1	39	38.5	121	27.41	70	0
1955	52.2	18	63.7	3	40.7	76	19.19	145	0
1954	51.6	35	62.4	14	40.8	75	30.43	46	0
1953	51.6	35	62.5	13	40.6	79	25.71	91	0
1952	50.7	55	61.5	32	40	95	27.02	75	0
1951	48	132	58.4	108	37.6	136	23.83	108	0
1950	48.2	128	58.8	94	37.6	136	35.65	15	0
1949	51.1	44	62.4	14	39.7	102	25.85	89	0
1948	49.8	82	61.6	30	38.1	125	19.96	138	0
1947	49	111	57.3	131	40.6	79	26.07	86	0
1946	52.1	19	61.3	35	43	23	20.16	136	1
1945	49.9	80	58	117	41.8	49	24.38	101	0
1944	51.4	38	59.3	83	43.6	14	27.50	69	0
1943	49.1	109	57.6	126	40.7	76	23.31	112	0
1942	51.1	44	59	92	43.2	20	22.78	118	0
1941	51.9	25	60.2	58	43.6	14	30.71	43	1
1940	48.5	119	56.4	140	40.6	79	25.38	94	0
1939	52.5	12	61.5	32	43.4	18	18.12	154	0
1938	52.1	19	60.1	60	44.1	9	35.56	16	1
1937	50	76	58.6	104	41.5	59	22.53	119	0
1936	49.6	91	58.7	100	40.2	91	20.78	133	2
1935	49.5	96	57.5	128	41.5	59	22.43	121	0
1934	52	22	61.3	35	42.7	30	17.09	156	0
1933	52.4	14	60.8	43	43.9	12	28.86	58	0
1932	51	49	59.5	78	42.6	33	19.80	142	0
1931	53.6	6	61.9	25	45.3	3	25.41	93	0
1930	51.1	44	59.8	69	42.4	36	28.23	64	1
1929	47.3	143	56	145	38.7	115	29.23	54	0
1928	50	76	58.3	110	41.6	55	26.40	78	1
1927	50	76	58	117	42	43	28.17	65	0
1926	48.9	113	57.1	135	40.6	79	24.06	105	0
1925	51.1	44	60.1	60	42.1	40	21.91	125	0
1924	46.7	150	54.5	152	38.9	112	28.46	62	0
1923	49	111	57.7	124	40.4	88	25.99	88	0
1922	51.2	42	59.6	76	42.8	28	27.08	74	0
1921	54.1	4	62.4	14	45.8	2	31.96	33	0
1920	48.4	122	57	136	39.7	102	22.10	123	0
1919	51.8	29	60.1	60	43.5	17	29.14	56	0
1918	48.3	125	57.3	131	39.2	109	20.86	132	0
1917	46.1	154	54.8	150	37.4	140	26.02	87	0
1916	49.4	102	58.3	110	40.5	85	29.58	50	0
1915	48.4	122	56.5	138	40.2	91	34.04	21	0
1914	50.5	56	59.2	89	41.7	50	23.06	114	2
1913	49.6	91	58.7	100	40.5	85	31.93	34	0
1912	45.9	155	54.5	152	37.4	140	28.79	59	0
1911	51.7	33	60.3	55	43.1	22	26.26	80	0
1910	51	49	60.6	49	41.3	64	21.75	126	0
1909	49.4	102	57.7	124	41.2	67	24.52	100	0
1908	50.5	56	59.3	83	41.7	50	21.92	124	0
1907	47.7	138	56.1	143	39.3	106	27.40	71	0
1906	50.1	73	58.8	94	41.5	59	26.10	84	0
1905	47.9	133	56.4	140	39.4	105	20.10	137	7
1904	46.3	152	54.7	151	38	127	27.53	68	0
1903	49.9	80	57.8	122	41.9	45	32.61	28	0
1902	49.4	102	57.2	133	41.5	59	26.92	76	0
1901	50.5	56	59.4	81	41.7	50	17.19	155	0
1900	50.3	67	59.1	90	41.6	55	24.59	99	0
1899	48.3	125	57.2	133	39.3	106	22.92	116	0
1898	51	49	59.1	90	43	23	28.50	61	0
1897	50.5	56	58.6	104	42.4	36	18.50	148	0
1896	50.8	53	58.8	94	42.7	30	26.25	81	0
1895	49.8	82	59.3	83	40.2	91	10.39	158	0
1894	51.8	29	60.8	43	42.8	28	21.29	128	0
1893	47.4	141	56.1	143	38.6	118	28.02	66	0
1892	48.1	130	55.7	146	40.5	85	33.39	23	0
1891	49.8	82	58.6	104	41	71	18.46	150	0
1890	49.6	91	58.1	114	41.1	68	31.01	37	0
1889	49.5	96	58	117	41	71	16.68	157	0
1888	45.5	156	54.3	154	36.8	148	18.49	149	0
1887	49.4	102	58.8	94	39.9	97	32.33	31	0
1886	49.7	89	58.5	107	41	71	24.06	105	0
1885	44.8	158	53.1	157	36.5	149	32.27	32	0
1884	47.5	140	55.7	146	39.2	109	41.24	4	0
1883	46.6	151	55.4	149	37.8	130	33.44	22	0
1882	51.4	38	59.7	72	43.2	20	36.41	13	0
1881	50.5	56	59.3	83	41.7	50	42.43	2	0
1880	53.9	5	62.7	9	45.1	6	42.19	3	0
1879	51.9	25	60.8	43	42.9	26	26.25	81	0
1878	54.2	2	59.7	72	48.6	1	35.16	17	0
1877	50.1	73	56.5	138	43.6	14	20.50	135	0
1876	50.4	62	56.4	140	44.3	7	29.66	49	0
1875	45	157	50.4	158	39.6	104	18.66	147	0
1874	50.5	56	56.8	137	44.1	9	23.69	110	2
1873	47.9	133	54.2	155	41.7	50	22.49	120	0
1872	49.3	106	55.6	148	43	23	19.83	140	0
1871	51.4	38	57.6	126	45.3	3	22.88	117	0
1870	51.6	35	57.9	121	45.3	3	24.90	97	0
1869	47.8	137	53.3	156	42.3	38	32.84	26	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	55.4
2024	54.2
1878	54.2
1921	54.1
1880	53.9
1931	53.6
2023	53.1
1998	52.8
1987	52.7
2016	52.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1885	44.8
1875	45
1888	45.5
1912	45.9
1917	46.1
1979	46.2
1904	46.3
1883	46.6
1924	46.7
1982	46.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	45.32
1881	42.43
1880	42.19
1884	41.24
2024	41.06
1993	41.04
2013	40.47
2019	40.30
2007	38.58
2008	38.46

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1895	10.39
1889	16.68
1934	17.09
1901	17.19
1939	18.12
1988	18.15
1958	18.24
2012	18.45
1891	18.46
1888	18.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 27 July 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.87 in; 24 June 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	16.2°F 57th coldest of 158	1.68 in 55th wettest of 158
February	27.9°F 22nd warmest of 158	0.63 in 41st driest of 158
March	39.3°F 13th warmest of 158	3.26 in 27th wettest of 158
April	50.8°F 15th warmest of 158	7.26 in Wettest of 158
May	57.9°F 72nd warmest of 158	1.62 in 20th driest of 158
June	67.9°F 69th warmest of 158	6.57 in 25th wettest of 158
July	74.5°F 27th warmest of 158	1.92 in 27th driest of 158
August	70.4°F 72nd warmest of 158	4.63 in 41st wettest of 158
September	64.7°F 31st warmest of 158	3.61 in 62nd wettest of 158
October so far	56.9°F 53rd warmest of 157	1.33 in 30th wettest of 157

Hot days and freezes

Madison, WI has had 10 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2023, tied 63rd most of 158 (with 1963 and 1918).
Madison, WI has had 88 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, 131st most of 158.
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Madison, WI came on Thursday 7 May 2026, the latest since 2025, tied 47th latest of 158 (with 1885).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
9 March	Warmest day	70°F	66°F 1977	Provisional
16 February	Warmest day	64°F	57°F 1981	Provisional
9 January	Warmest day	56°F	53°F 2002, 1939	Provisional
8 January	Warmest day	55°F	54°F 2003	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 32.51 in of precipitation in Madison, WI, the wettest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 30th wettest of 158.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Madison, WI: 97°F on Monday 27 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Madison, WI: a low of -19°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Madison, WI: 1.87 in on Wednesday 24 June 2026.