Milwaukee, WI: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 71.7°F in Milwaukee, WI, the warmest August since 2024, tied 45th warmest of 156 (with 1931).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 71.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 45th warmest of 156
Precipitation: 4.05 in; Wettest since 2025; 42nd wettest of 156

A normal August in Milwaukee, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.1°F, between 68.7°F and 73.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.51 in of precipitation, between 1.20 in and 5.85 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Milwaukee, WI since 1871: 71.7°F in 2026; the highest is 76.3°F, in 1955.

Normal range, 68.7 to 73.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Milwaukee, WI from 1871 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	71.7	45	78.6	66	64.8	31	4.05	42
2025	70.1	78	77.4	92	62.9	62	8.94	2
2024	72.3	34	79.9	46	64.8	31	4.38	35
2023	72.9	23	80.5	37	65.3	18	2.60	86
2022	73.1	21	80.6	35	65.5	14	3.02	75
2021	75.5	6	84.1	4	66.9	5	4.77	31
2020	73.4	15	81.9	14	64.8	31	8.55	4
2019	71.5	49	79.2	54	63.7	45	3.53	58
2018	73.7	11	81.3	23	66.1	11	5.68	19
2017	70.2	76	77.9	81	62.5	77	1.63	122
2016	75.6	4	83.6	6	67.5	3	3.59	55
2015	69.9	86	77.8	82	62	85	3.46	62
2014	70	82	77.1	100	62.8	67	5.69	18
2013	70.9	63	79.6	49	62.3	83	3.27	68
2012	72.3	34	81.1	28	63.5	50	2.75	83
2011	72.6	29	81.1	28	64.2	38	0.62	147
2010	75.4	7	83.8	5	67	4	1.52	127
2009	68.8	107	76.7	109	60.8	105	4.04	43
2008	71	61	79	57	62.9	62	0.88	140
2007	72.2	36	79.3	52	65.2	26	7.92	6
2006	71.9	41	79	57	64.7	35	2.18	101
2005	73.4	15	81.2	25	65.5	14	1.29	132
2004	66.5	147	74.3	140	58.7	140	3.43	63
2003	73.3	18	81.5	17	65	28	0.57	150
2002	71.2	56	79.3	52	63.2	56	4.73	32
2001	72.8	26	80.4	39	65.3	18	5.41	22
2000	70.6	69	78.2	76	63.1	58	5.17	24
1999	68.8	107	75.6	124	62	85	1.69	120
1998	72.5	30	79.5	50	65.4	16	5.98	14
1997	66.5	147	73.5	153	59.4	131	3.95	47
1996	72.4	33	81.4	19	63.3	54	1.24	134
1995	75.7	2	82.2	12	69.2	1	5.83	16
1994	70.1	78	78.7	62	61.5	93	4.91	27
1993	73.6	13	81.4	19	65.8	13	4.20	39
1992	67.4	129	75.9	121	58.9	135	3.50	59
1991	73.4	15	81.5	17	65.4	16	2.27	97
1990	71.2	56	78.8	60	63.6	47	4.68	34
1989	68.8	107	77.3	94	60.2	116	5.19	23
1988	75.7	2	84.7	3	66.6	7	3.25	70
1987	69.9	86	77.2	97	62.6	76	9.05	1
1986	67.1	134	75.1	133	59.1	133	8.82	3
1985	68.4	116	76.8	106	60	121	2.23	99
1984	73.2	19	82.4	11	64.1	41	2.93	78
1983	74.4	10	82.8	8	65.9	12	4.70	33
1982	67.2	131	75.3	130	59.2	132	3.33	66
1981	67.8	120	75.3	130	60.2	116	4.26	37
1980	69.7	92	77.3	94	62.1	84	5.06	25
1979	68.7	112	76.3	115	61.2	97	4.85	29
1978	69.9	86	78.4	72	61.4	95	3.43	63
1977	67.2	131	75.6	124	58.8	137	3.82	51
1976	69.9	86	79.4	51	60.4	111	2.05	103
1975	71.2	56	78.7	62	63.6	47	3.89	48
1974	67.3	130	75.8	123	58.8	137	2.54	89
1973	72.5	30	81.4	19	63.6	47	0.95	139
1972	69.1	100	77	103	61.2	97	4.82	30
1971	67	137	76.4	114	57.5	151	2.28	96
1970	71.8	43	81.8	15	61.8	87	0.64	145
1969	70.9	63	81.1	28	60.6	106	0.53	151
1968	71.4	53	80	45	62.7	70	2.59	87
1967	66	151	76.2	117	55.8	156	1.23	135
1966	66.7	145	76.2	117	57.3	152	3.27	68
1965	66.8	143	74.8	135	58.8	137	6.15	12
1964	67.7	123	77.3	94	58.1	145	2.62	85
1963	67.1	134	75.6	124	58.5	142	2.48	92
1962	68.9	105	80.1	44	57.7	150	1.98	107
1961	70.3	74	80.9	33	59.6	126	2.35	94
1960	67.7	123	76.6	112	58.9	135	7.07	9
1959	73.7	11	83	7	64.5	36	3.47	60
1958	70.8	65	81.2	25	60.4	111	1.71	118
1957	69.1	100	78	80	60.3	114	2.03	104
1956	70.1	78	79.1	56	61	100	2.96	77
1955	76.3	1	86.5	1	66.2	10	3.62	54
1954	69.7	92	77.6	86	61.8	87	3.86	50
1953	72.7	28	82.6	10	62.9	62	4.34	36
1952	69.4	96	78.5	69	60.4	111	3.59	55
1951	67	137	74.9	134	59.1	133	2.56	88
1950	65.6	153	74.2	146	57.1	153	3.29	67
1949	72	37	80.8	34	63.1	58	1.08	137
1948	72	37	81.4	19	62.7	70	0.46	153
1947	75.6	4	84.9	2	66.4	8	1.58	125
1946	67.8	120	77.7	84	57.9	147	1.63	122
1945	69.4	96	78.8	60	60.1	119	4.07	41
1944	71.3	55	81	31	61.5	93	1.54	126
1943	71.4	53	81.2	25	61.7	89	2.31	95
1942	69.1	100	77.8	82	60.5	108	4.14	40
1941	70.8	65	80.6	35	61	100	1.29	132
1940	68.5	114	74	148	62.9	62	6.68	10
1939	72	37	79.7	48	64.2	38	5.03	26
1938	73.5	14	81.6	16	65.3	18	5.72	17
1937	74.8	8	82	13	67.6	2	0.80	141
1936	72.9	23	80.4	39	65.3	18	5.92	15
1935	71.6	47	78.5	69	64.8	31	3.08	74
1934	69.2	98	76.7	109	61.7	89	1.43	130
1933	70	82	77	103	63.1	58	1.75	117
1932	72.8	26	80.4	39	65.3	18	1.94	109
1931	71.7	45	79.2	54	64.3	37	1.96	108
1930	72.9	23	80.4	39	65.3	18	1.46	129
1929	69.6	94	77.5	90	61.6	91	0.35	155
1928	70.6	69	78.3	75	63	61	4.02	45
1927	66.1	149	74.1	147	58.1	145	0.58	148
1926	69.6	94	76.8	106	62.5	77	0.65	144
1925	70.5	71	77.5	90	63.5	50	1.85	113
1924	67.5	128	74.6	138	60.5	108	8.06	5
1923	67.8	120	74.6	138	60.9	103	2.91	79
1922	70.7	67	78.1	78	63.2	56	1.71	118
1921	69.8	90	76.9	105	62.7	70	7.27	8
1920	67.7	123	75.3	130	60.1	119	2.03	104
1919	70.4	73	78.4	72	62.4	82	1.87	111
1918	72.5	30	81	31	64.1	41	1.17	136
1917	68	118	76.1	120	59.9	123	0.58	148
1916	73.2	19	81.3	23	65	28	6.03	13
1915	64.4	155	70.9	156	57.9	147	2.38	93
1914	70.3	74	77.7	84	62.9	62	1.34	131
1913	71.1	60	78.2	76	63.9	43	1.64	121
1912	67	137	73.6	152	60.3	114	2.14	102
1911	68.5	114	76.2	117	60.9	103	1.99	106
1910	70.5	71	78.6	66	62.5	77	2.75	83
1909	71.9	41	78.5	69	65.3	18	3.18	71
1908	70.2	76	77.6	86	62.7	70	1.63	122
1907	67	137	74.3	140	59.8	124	2.88	80
1906	73.1	21	79.8	47	66.4	8	3.87	49
1905	71.5	49	78.7	62	64.2	38	3.18	71
1904	66.7	145	75.5	129	57.8	149	3.96	46
1903	66.9	141	73.7	150	60	121	5.56	20
1902	67.1	134	74.7	137	59.5	128	0.53	151
1901	71	61	78.6	66	63.3	54	1.50	128
1900	74.8	8	82.8	8	66.8	6	3.76	52
1899	71.8	43	78.4	72	65.3	18	2.54	89
1898	70	82	77.6	86	62.5	77	4.86	28
1897	67.6	127	75.6	124	59.6	126	3.00	76
1896	71.5	49	80.3	43	62.8	67	1.77	116
1895	71.6	47	80.5	37	62.8	67	2.83	81
1894	68.9	105	77.2	97	60.6	106	0.29	156
1893	68.2	117	76.8	106	59.7	125	1.01	138
1892	68.6	113	75.9	121	61.4	95	3.47	60
1891	68	118	76.5	113	59.5	128	2.83	81
1890	65.8	152	73.3	154	58.3	144	3.18	71
1889	68.8	107	77.1	100	60.5	108	0.76	143
1888	66.8	143	74.8	135	58.7	140	2.22	100
1887	67.2	131	74.3	140	60.2	116	2.25	98
1886	69.1	100	75.6	124	62.7	70	3.40	65
1885	63.8	156	71	155	56.7	155	7.39	7
1884	66.9	141	74.3	140	59.5	128	1.84	114
1883	66.1	149	73.8	149	58.5	142	0.38	154
1882	68.8	107	74.3	140	63.4	52	4.21	38
1881	72	37	78.7	62	65.2	26	0.80	141
1880	70.1	78	77.4	92	62.7	70	3.54	57
1879	69.2	98	76.7	109	61.6	91	1.87	111
1878	71.2	56	79	57	63.4	52	0.64	145
1877	69.1	100	77.1	100	61	100	6.31	11
1876	69.8	90	77.2	97	62.5	77	5.52	21
1875	65.4	154	73.7	150	57	154	2.52	91
1874	67.7	123	74.3	140	61.1	99	1.79	115
1873	70.7	67	77.6	86	63.7	45	4.03	44
1872	71.5	49	78.1	78	64.9	30	1.89	110
1871	70	82	76.3	115	63.8	44	3.70	53

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1955	76.3
1995	75.7
1988	75.7
2016	75.6
1947	75.6
2021	75.5
2010	75.4
1937	74.8
1900	74.8
1983	74.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1885	63.8
1915	64.4
1875	65.4
1950	65.6
1890	65.8
1967	66
1927	66.1
1883	66.1
2004	66.5
1997	66.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	9.05
2025	8.94
1986	8.82
2020	8.55
1924	8.06
2007	7.92
1885	7.39
1921	7.27
1960	7.07
1940	6.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1894	0.29
1929	0.35
1883	0.38
1948	0.46
1969	0.53
1902	0.53
2003	0.57
1927	0.58
1917	0.58
2011	0.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 31 August 2026, 30 August 2026, 16 August 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.98 in; 1 August 2026

Every month, season and year

Months

Seasons

Years

Milwaukee, WI the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 4.05 in of precipitation in Milwaukee, WI, the wettest August since 2025, 42nd wettest of 156.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Milwaukee, WI: 87°F on Monday 31 August 2026, Sunday 30 August 2026 and Sunday 16 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Milwaukee, WI: a low of 55°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Milwaukee, WI: 1.98 in on Saturday 1 August 2026.