Madison, WI: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 27.9°F in Madison, WI, the warmest February since 2024, tied 22nd warmest of 158 (with 1938).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 27.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 22nd warmest of 158
Precipitation: 0.63 in; Driest since 2022; 41st driest of 158

A normal February in Madison, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 23°F, between 15.7°F and 30.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.44 in of precipitation, between 0.52 in and 2.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Madison, WI since 1869: 27.9°F in 2026; the highest is 34°F, in 1882.

Normal range, 15.7 to 30.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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
2026	27.9	22	38.1	13	17.6	37	0.63	117
2025	22.2	66	30.9	55	13.5	67	0.71	112
2024	33.8	2	44.7	1	23	8	0.65	113
2023	27.4	25	36.1	23	18.6	30	3.00	6
2022	21.4	73	30.5	61	12.4	83	0.40	138
2021	12.4	146	21.8	141	3.1	149	0.86	103
2020	23.1	56	32.1	44	14.1	65	0.94	98
2019	18.8	108	27	107	10.7	99	2.94	7
2018	21.5	71	30.3	64	12.8	76	2.50	17
2017	32.3	5	41.7	3	23	8	1.94	32
2016	26.9	29	33.7	35	20.1	20	0.52	127
2015	10.9	154	20.6	150	1.3	153	0.54	125
2014	12.2	148	21.6	145	2.9	150	1.24	78
2013	21.1	79	29.1	84	13	71	2.41	20
2012	29.6	14	37.9	14	21.2	17	1.03	90
2011	22.1	67	29.6	75	14.5	61	1.59	53
2010	23.1	56	30.4	63	15.8	54	1.02	91
2009	23.6	50	32.3	41	15	58	1.91	34
2008	16.8	124	24.9	127	8.7	117	3.30	5
2007	14.4	138	21.7	143	7.2	128	1.59	53
2006	22.3	63	31.5	49	13	71	0.81	107
2005	29.2	17	36	25	22.5	10	1.45	61
2004	23.4	54	32.5	40	14.3	62	1.44	62
2003	18.4	112	28.4	90	8.5	118	0.50	129
2002	30.5	10	38.9	8	22	14	2.17	25
2001	19.7	93	27.1	105	12.3	86	2.64	13
2000	29.6	14	38.5	11	20.6	19	1.95	31
1999	30.8	9	38.4	12	23.2	7	0.91	101
1998	33.5	3	39.4	6	27.6	1	1.44	62
1997	24.1	44	31.3	50	16.9	44	2.52	16
1996	21.5	71	30.1	68	13	71	0.53	126
1995	22.9	58	31.2	51	14.6	60	0.06	158
1994	15.8	129	26.6	114	4.9	142	2.76	11
1993	21.2	78	29.3	81	13	71	1.18	81
1992	29.3	16	36.4	21	22.1	12	1.34	70
1991	26.5	31	35.4	27	17.6	37	0.44	133
1990	25.8	34	35.7	26	15.8	54	0.99	95
1989	14.6	136	24.1	134	5.1	139	0.57	123
1988	17.3	118	26.7	110	8	120	0.46	131
1987	30.4	11	40.8	5	20.1	20	0.62	119
1986	19.4	101	26.3	118	12.5	82	2.72	12
1985	18.9	104	28	95	9.9	110	1.89	36
1984	30.2	12	38.9	8	21.4	16	1.26	74
1983	26.3	32	33.8	33	18.7	29	2.26	24
1982	19.1	102	27.8	97	10.4	103	0.17	155
1981	25.3	37	34.4	30	16.2	52	2.47	18
1980	15.6	130	25.2	125	6.1	134	0.64	114
1979	11.7	151	22.2	139	1.1	154	0.90	102
1978	12.4	146	22.8	138	2	152	0.24	152
1977	22.3	63	32.3	41	12.4	83	1.44	62
1976	28.4	18	38.9	8	17.9	34	1.72	45
1975	21.3	76	29.9	72	12.6	80	1.54	56
1974	18.4	112	28.9	87	7.8	123	1.17	82
1973	24	46	31.8	46	16.1	53	1.20	79
1972	16.5	126	26.4	116	6.6	130	0.42	135
1971	19.9	89	28.4	90	11.4	92	2.59	14
1970	20.1	88	30.6	59	9.6	112	0.16	156
1969	23.6	50	30.5	61	16.6	47	0.18	154
1968	18.9	104	30	69	7.9	122	0.49	130
1967	14.7	135	25.3	124	4	144	1.17	82
1966	21.3	76	31.1	52	11.5	90	1.36	68
1965	18.6	109	28.3	93	9	116	0.74	109
1964	24.8	41	36.6	20	13.1	70	0.26	150
1963	14.1	140	24.2	132	3.9	146	0.39	141
1962	17	122	24.8	129	9.1	114	1.39	66
1961	28.3	19	39	7	17.6	37	1.01	92
1960	19.7	93	27.2	103	12.2	88	1.14	85
1959	16.3	127	27.2	103	5.4	137	1.58	55
1958	16.9	123	26.2	119	7.7	125	0.08	157
1957	27.3	26	36.1	23	18.6	30	0.38	143
1956	22.4	62	33.1	37	11.7	89	1.00	94
1955	20.7	83	30	69	11.4	92	1.67	48
1954	32.8	4	41.4	4	24.3	6	0.63	117
1953	25	40	33.1	37	16.9	44	2.77	10
1952	27.2	27	34.4	30	19.9	22	0.60	120
1951	19.8	92	29.2	83	10.4	103	1.70	46
1950	20.9	81	29.5	78	12.4	83	1.65	49
1949	19.9	89	29.6	75	10.2	107	1.26	74
1948	19.5	98	29.9	72	9.1	114	2.13	26
1947	17.6	117	24.8	129	10.3	106	0.29	148
1946	22.7	60	31.1	52	14.3	62	0.64	114
1945	22.3	63	29.1	84	15.5	57	1.30	71
1944	24.5	43	31.9	45	17.1	42	1.96	30
1943	21.8	70	30.8	57	12.9	75	0.43	134
1942	20.5	84	26	120	14.9	59	0.41	137
1941	19.6	95	27	107	12.3	86	0.37	144
1940	22.9	58	29.1	84	16.7	46	1.25	77
1939	19.5	98	29.3	81	9.7	111	1.75	42
1938	27.9	22	33.8	33	22.1	12	2.85	8
1937	19.6	95	27.6	99	11.5	90	1.63	51
1936	5.9	157	14.8	157	-3	157	1.90	35
1935	24.1	44	30	69	18.2	33	1.52	57
1934	18.5	110	26.5	115	10.5	102	0.19	153
1933	18.9	104	27.7	98	10.1	108	0.86	103
1932	27.1	28	36.3	22	17.9	34	0.74	109
1931	31.4	7	37.9	14	25	5	0.40	138
1930	30	13	37.7	16	22.3	11	0.78	108
1929	12.8	145	20.5	152	5.1	139	1.48	59
1928	25.1	38	32.3	41	17.8	36	1.76	41
1927	28.1	20	35.2	28	21	18	0.55	124
1926	25.6	35	31.7	47	19.5	23	1.88	37
1925	25.1	38	33.1	37	17	43	1.17	82
1924	23.2	55	28.9	87	17.4	40	1.06	88
1923	14.9	134	23.4	137	6.5	133	0.93	99
1922	20.3	85	29.5	78	11.1	95	3.90	3
1921	26.3	32	33.9	32	18.8	28	0.32	145
1920	18.3	114	25.7	122	11	98	0.51	128
1919	23.7	49	31	54	16.4	49	2.12	27
1918	19.5	98	28.4	90	10.6	101	1.30	71
1917	11.1	153	21.2	149	1	155	0.64	114
1916	17.1	120	23.8	136	10.4	103	0.39	141
1915	27.7	24	33.5	36	21.9	15	2.30	23
1914	12.1	149	20.6	150	3.6	148	0.92	100
1913	15.6	130	24.5	131	6.6	130	1.12	86
1912	14.6	136	21.7	143	7.4	127	1.50	58
1911	25.5	36	31.6	48	19.4	24	3.40	4
1910	15.5	132	24.1	134	6.9	129	0.74	109
1909	23.6	50	30.9	55	16.3	51	1.70	46
1908	21.4	73	28.5	89	14.2	64	1.79	40
1907	21.1	79	29.6	75	12.7	77	0.28	149
1906	19.6	95	28.1	94	11.1	95	0.97	96
1905	11.5	152	19.1	154	3.8	147	1.29	73
1904	10.6	155	18.6	155	2.6	151	1.87	38
1903	20.3	85	27.9	96	12.6	80	1.11	87
1902	17.9	115	25.1	126	10.7	99	1.46	60
1901	13.4	142	21.5	146	5.4	137	0.59	122
1900	13	144	21.5	146	4.5	143	1.26	74
1899	11.8	150	19.6	153	4	144	0.42	135
1898	20.3	85	27.3	102	13.3	69	2.42	19
1897	23.9	48	29.5	78	18.3	32	0.82	105
1896	22.7	60	29.8	74	15.6	56	0.32	145
1895	13.3	143	21.5	146	5	141	0.26	150
1894	17.9	115	26.4	116	9.4	113	0.46	131
1893	15.3	133	24.9	127	5.7	135	1.05	89
1892	24.8	41	30.3	64	19.3	26	1.94	32
1891	21.9	69	30.3	64	13.5	67	1.38	67
1890	26.9	29	34.5	29	19.4	24	2.01	29
1889	13.6	141	21.8	141	5.5	136	1.84	39
1888	17.1	120	25.9	121	8.2	119	1.01	92
1887	17.2	119	26.7	110	7.8	123	4.34	2
1886	18.9	104	26.7	110	11.1	95	2.35	21
1885	7.5	156	16.2	156	-1.2	156	0.82	105
1884	16.1	128	24.2	132	8	120	2.12	27
1883	16.7	125	25.7	122	7.7	125	1.64	50
1882	34	1	42.2	2	25.8	3	1.74	44
1881	18.5	110	26.8	109	10.1	108	5.42	1
1880	28.1	20	37.2	17	18.9	27	1.75	42
1879	21.4	73	30.2	67	12.7	77	2.54	15
1878	32.3	5	37.2	17	27.5	2	1.19	80
1877	31.3	8	37	19	25.7	4	0.30	147
1876	24	46	30.7	58	17.2	41	1.60	52
1875	2.7	158	9.2	158	-3.8	158	2.80	9
1874	19.9	89	27.1	105	12.7	77	0.95	97
1873	14.3	139	22	140	6.6	130	0.60	120
1872	19	103	26.7	110	11.2	94	0.40	138
1871	23.6	50	30.6	59	16.6	47	1.43	65
1870	20.8	82	27.5	101	14.1	65	1.35	69
1869	22	68	27.6	99	16.4	49	2.35	21

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1882	34
2024	33.8
1998	33.5
1954	32.8
2017	32.3
1878	32.3
1931	31.4
1877	31.3
1999	30.8
2002	30.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	2.7
1936	5.9
1885	7.5
1904	10.6
2015	10.9
1917	11.1
1905	11.5
1979	11.7
1899	11.8
1914	12.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1881	5.42
1887	4.34
1922	3.90
1911	3.40
2008	3.30
2023	3.00
2019	2.94
1938	2.85
1875	2.80
1953	2.77

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	0.06
1958	0.08
1970	0.16
1982	0.17
1969	0.18
1934	0.19
1978	0.24
1964	0.26
1895	0.26
1907	0.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -5°F; 4 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.23 in; 20 February 2026, 19 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.63 in of precipitation in Madison, WI, the driest February since 2022, tied 41st driest of 158 (with 1954).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Madison, WI: 64°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Madison, WI: a low of -5°F on Wednesday 4 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Madison, WI: 0.23 in on Friday 20 February 2026 and Thursday 19 February 2026.