Madison, WI: Fall

10 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 63.1°F in Madison, WI, the warmest 1 September to 10 October since 2025, tied 22nd warmest of 157 (with 1908).

Fall 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 63.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 22nd warmest of 157
Precipitation: 4.94 in; Wettest since 2024; 52nd wettest of 157

A normal 1 September to 10 October in Madison, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.4°F, between 57.4°F and 63.7°F in eight years of ten and 4.00 in of precipitation, between 2.03 in and 6.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 10 October in Madison, WI since 1869: 63.1°F in 2026; the highest is 66.6°F, in 1931.

Normal range, 57.4 to 63.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 10 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	63.1	22	73.4	22	52.7	39	4.94	52	0
2025	64.5	7	76.3	4	52.6	41	1.45	144	0
2024	63.7	14	77	1	50.4	72	5.17	47	0
2023	64.4	8	74.2	16	54.6	18	2.92	104	0
2022	60.5	63	70.9	56	50.2	81	4.03	73	0
2021	65.2	4	76.3	4	54.2	22	2.93	102	0
2020	57.8	117	67.8	121	47.8	112	3.46	89	0
2019	63.7	14	72.4	30	55	12	10.78	2	0
2018	62.3	36	71.8	42	52.7	39	10.23	6	0
2017	63.7	14	75.3	9	52	48	2.67	110	0
2016	63.7	14	73	26	54.5	20	8.90	13	0
2015	63.8	12	73.6	21	54	25	5.99	33	0
2014	58.4	108	69.3	88	47.5	114	2.64	113	0
2013	62.7	32	74.8	12	50.6	69	3.99	76	0
2012	57.7	120	70.7	59	44.8	144	1.48	143	0
2011	59.2	92	71.4	49	46.9	125	3.31	96	0
2010	59.6	85	71.3	52	48	111	2.67	110	0
2009	58.6	105	69.8	78	47.4	116	5.63	37	0
2008	60.5	63	70.8	58	50.2	81	3.58	87	0
2007	64.3	11	75.6	7	53	36	3.99	76	0
2006	57.6	123	67.9	116	47.3	119	4.23	68	0
2005	64.9	5	76.6	2	53.2	35	2.12	126	0
2004	62.1	38	74.6	13	49.6	91	2.59	115	0
2003	58.6	105	70.3	70	46.8	127	4.31	64	0
2002	61.6	49	72.9	27	50.4	72	4.08	70	0
2001	57.2	133	67.5	130	46.9	125	5.75	35	0
2000	57.8	117	68.1	115	47.4	116	4.00	75	0
1999	57.4	128	69.4	84	45.4	142	2.09	128	0
1998	61.4	52	72.4	30	50.4	72	4.38	60	0
1997	60.9	56	72.8	28	49	97	1.50	142	0
1996	57.3	130	68.7	102	45.8	139	1.37	146	0
1995	57.5	124	69.4	84	45.6	141	3.75	82	0
1994	61.9	42	72	37	51.7	57	6.50	25	0
1993	55.4	156	66.2	142	44.5	148	4.25	66	0
1992	59.2	92	70	74	48.4	104	6.27	27	0
1991	57.5	124	69	95	46.1	137	5.01	50	0
1990	60.9	56	71.8	42	50	84	3.12	100	0
1989	55.8	152	68.4	108	43.1	154	1.67	138	0
1988	59.4	88	71.8	42	47	122	3.65	84	0
1987	56.6	142	67.8	121	45.4	142	3.72	83	0
1986	58.8	99	67.7	123	49.9	87	7.86	19	0
1985	58.2	111	67.7	123	48.8	99	6.21	28	0
1984	59	96	70.9	56	47.2	120	3.18	99	0
1983	58.9	97	70.5	66	47.2	120	3.52	88	0
1982	58.7	103	70.6	64	46.8	127	2.24	124	0
1981	56.2	144	67.6	126	44.8	144	3.46	89	0
1980	57.2	133	68.6	104	45.9	138	7.92	18	0
1979	57.5	124	70.7	59	44.3	149	0.64	155	0
1978	60.3	69	72.3	32	48.3	107	6.32	26	0
1977	56.7	139	66.4	141	47	122	3.92	80	0
1976	56.1	147	71.6	45	40.5	157	1.22	148	0
1975	56.5	143	69.4	84	43.6	153	0.87	153	0
1974	55.7	153	69.1	92	42.2	155	2.41	120	0
1973	60.4	68	70.7	59	50	84	5.04	49	0
1972	57.8	117	69.1	92	46.4	136	5.36	45	0
1971	62.8	29	75.3	9	50.4	72	2.18	125	0
1970	58.8	99	69.3	88	48.4	104	10.09	7	0
1969	59.8	79	72.1	34	47.5	114	1.84	135	0
1968	57.7	120	68.9	98	46.6	134	4.77	53	0
1967	56.8	138	69.8	78	43.9	152	4.02	74	0
1966	56.2	144	70.2	71	42.1	156	0.52	156	0
1965	56	149	65.6	145	46.5	135	9.32	11	0
1964	56.2	144	67.9	116	44.6	146	1.93	131	0
1963	60.5	63	74.3	15	46.7	131	2.30	122	0
1962	57.4	128	69.1	92	45.7	140	2.72	109	0
1961	59.8	79	71.2	53	48.4	104	7.97	17	0
1960	61.5	50	73.1	25	50	84	4.20	69	0
1959	60.9	56	71.4	49	50.4	72	6.16	30	0
1958	59.9	77	72.2	33	47.6	113	4.69	55	0
1957	57.3	130	70.5	66	44.2	150	0.95	152	0
1956	58	115	71.5	48	44.6	146	1.42	145	0
1955	62	40	75.4	8	48.6	102	1.90	133	0
1954	61.2	54	71.6	45	50.8	68	6.66	24	0
1953	60.7	62	74.5	14	46.8	127	2.66	112	0
1952	57.3	130	70.4	69	44.2	150	0.49	157	0
1951	57.9	116	68.8	100	47	122	2.43	119	0
1950	59.2	92	70.1	72	48.2	108	3.27	98	0
1949	58.3	109	69.9	75	46.7	131	2.73	108	0
1948	61.7	48	74	17	49.4	93	2.84	107	0
1947	62.5	35	72.1	34	52.8	37	6.03	32	0
1946	62.1	38	71.9	39	52.4	45	4.71	54	0
1945	58.2	111	66	143	50.5	71	4.26	65	0
1944	60.9	56	67.9	116	53.9	26	2.51	118	0
1943	58.3	109	66.7	138	49.9	87	2.93	102	0
1942	59.9	77	67.9	116	51.9	52	6.20	29	0
1941	63.3	19	71.9	39	54.7	16	11.53	1	0
1940	61.8	44	70.7	59	52.8	37	1.51	141	0
1939	65.8	3	76.5	3	55.1	11	1.82	136	0
1938	61.5	50	69.3	88	53.8	28	10.32	5	0
1937	60.8	60	69.9	75	51.7	57	5.65	36	0
1936	62	40	69.4	84	54.6	18	5.55	40	0
1935	57.5	124	66.5	140	48.5	103	1.88	134	0
1934	59.8	79	68.4	108	51.1	64	4.25	66	0
1933	63.5	18	72	37	55	12	3.98	78	0
1932	59.3	90	68.2	112	50.4	72	2.56	116	0
1931	66.6	1	75	11	58.1	2	8.23	15	0
1930	62.7	32	71.1	54	53.9	26	6.10	31	1
1929	58.1	114	66.8	137	49.5	92	3.32	95	0
1928	59.4	88	68.6	104	50.2	81	2.11	127	0
1927	61.8	44	69.5	82	54.1	23	9.50	9	0
1926	59.7	83	67.3	133	52.1	47	8.55	14	0
1925	61.3	53	68.8	100	53.8	28	5.15	48	0
1924	57	136	65.2	146	48.8	99	2.92	104	0
1923	59.7	83	67.6	126	51.8	54	4.36	61	0
1922	64.4	8	73.2	24	55.6	5	2.40	121	0
1921	61.8	44	69.7	80	53.8	28	9.44	10	0
1920	63.8	12	73.4	22	54.1	23	1.12	149	0
1919	63.2	21	71.4	49	54.9	14	9.94	8	0
1918	56	149	65.2	146	46.8	127	1.60	140	0
1917	56.7	139	65.1	148	48.2	108	3.45	91	0
1916	58.9	97	68.5	107	49.4	93	5.88	34	0
1915	58.8	99	67.4	132	50.3	80	10.74	3	0
1914	62.6	34	71.6	45	53.5	34	3.93	79	0
1913	61.2	54	70.1	72	52.3	46	5.46	43	0
1912	60.8	60	69	95	52.6	41	6.82	23	0
1911	60.1	75	68.3	111	51.9	52	7.61	21	0
1910	60.2	72	68.9	98	51.4	62	1.99	130	0
1909	60.2	72	69.2	91	51.1	64	2.53	117	0
1908	63.1	22	73.7	20	52.6	41	0.87	153	0
1907	58.8	99	67	136	50.6	69	5.51	41	0
1906	62.8	29	71.9	39	53.8	28	2.04	129	0
1905									6
1904	60	76	68.4	108	51.5	60	7.43	22	0
1903	59.1	95	67.2	135	51.1	64	5.58	38	0
1902	56.9	137	64.8	150	49	97	4.33	63	0
1901	59.3	90	67.6	126	51.1	64	5.58	38	0
1900	62.8	29	71.1	54	54.5	20	5.32	46	0
1899	58.2	111	67.6	126	48.8	99	3.60	86	0
1898	62.9	26	70.6	64	55.2	10	3.04	101	0
1897	66.3	2	76	6	56.6	3	1.74	137	0
1896	55.1	157	62.8	155	47.4	116	4.34	62	0
1895	63	24	72.1	34	53.8	28	1.30	147	0
1894	60.3	69	68.7	102	52	48	4.98	51	0
1893	60.5	63	69.7	80	51.2	63	4.06	71	0
1892	59.8	79	67.9	116	51.8	54	3.37	93	0
1891	62.9	26	73.9	19	52	48	1.61	139	0
1890	57.7	120	66	143	49.4	93	3.80	81	0
1889	58.7	103	67.7	123	49.7	89	1.93	131	0
1888	55.7	153	64.7	151	46.7	131	1.04	151	0
1887	59.5	86	67.5	130	51.6	59	8.98	12	0
1886	60.5	63	69.5	82	51.5	60	2.29	123	0
1885	57.2	133	65	149	49.4	93	4.44	58	0
1884	64.4	8	72.6	29	56.2	4	8.11	16	0
1883	56.1	147	64	153	48.2	108	3.61	85	0
1882	63	24	70.7	59	55.4	6	4.57	57	0
1881	64.6	6	74	17	55.3	8	10.69	4	0
1880	60.3	69	68.6	104	52	48	4.44	58	0
1879	62.3	36	69.9	75	54.7	16	4.64	56	0
1878	61.9	42	69	95	54.9	14	7.84	20	0
1877	62.9	26	70.5	66	55.3	8	2.87	106	0
1876	55.9	151	61.4	156	50.4	72	3.41	92	0
1875	55.6	155	60.9	157	50.4	72	2.64	113	0
1874	61.8	44	68.2	112	55.4	6	5.50	42	0
1873	56.7	139	63.8	154	49.7	89	3.30	97	0
1872	60.2	72	66.6	139	53.7	33	5.46	43	0
1871	59.5	86	67.3	133	51.8	54	1.05	150	0
1870	63.3	19	68.2	112	58.3	1	4.05	72	0
1869	58.6	105	64.7	151	52.6	41	3.34	94	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	66.6
1897	66.3
1939	65.8
2021	65.2
2005	64.9
1881	64.6
2025	64.5
2023	64.4
1922	64.4
1884	64.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1896	55.1
1993	55.4
1875	55.6
1974	55.7
1888	55.7
1989	55.8
1876	55.9
1965	56
1918	56
1976	56.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	11.53
2019	10.78
1915	10.74
1881	10.69
1938	10.32
2018	10.23
1970	10.09
1919	9.94
1927	9.50
1921	9.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	0.49
1966	0.52
1979	0.64
1975	0.87
1908	0.87
1957	0.95
1888	1.04
1871	1.05
1920	1.12
1976	1.22

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 2 September 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 5 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.45 in; 19 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 4.94 in of precipitation in Madison, WI, the wettest 1 September to 10 October since 2024, 52nd wettest of 157.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Madison, WI: 88°F on Wednesday 2 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Madison, WI: a low of 38°F on Monday 5 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Madison, WI: 1.45 in on Saturday 19 September 2026.