Milwaukee, WI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 24.6°F in Milwaukee, WI, the warmest winter since 2025, 73rd warmest of 155.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 24.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 73rd warmest of 155
Precipitation: 3.94 in; Driest since 2025; 38th driest of 155

A normal winter in Milwaukee, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26°F, between 22.1°F and 30.4°F in eight years of ten and 5.11 in of precipitation, between 3.45 in and 7.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Milwaukee, WI since 1872: 24.6°F in 2026; the highest is 34.6°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 22.1 to 30.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	Days missing
2026	24.6	73	31.9	59	17.2	81	3.94	118	0
2025	26.1	39	33.4	36	18.8	53	2.12	149	0
2024	34.6	1	40.6	1	28.6	1	6.33	41	0
2023	31.1	6	37.5	6	24.7	6	8.61	10	0
2022	27.4	29	35.1	21	19.7	40	3.69	125	0
2021	26.7	32	32.8	41	20.6	28	5.36	66	0
2020	30.5	8	37.3	8	23.8	12	4.94	80	0
2019	25.9	45	32.5	52	19.3	48	7.99	15	0
2018	25.8	49	32.9	40	18.7	55	5.28	68	0
2017	29.6	17	36.3	11	22.8	17	5.94	50	0
2016	29.8	12	35.6	14	23.9	9	5.13	71	0
2015	23	99	29.1	114	16.9	88	2.75	143	0
2014	17.2	145	25.2	141	9.2	148	4.53	93	0
2013	27.5	27	34.4	28	20.6	28	10.07	4	0
2012	30.9	7	38.1	5	23.8	12	5.08	77	0
2011	23.4	93	29.5	106	17.4	76	5.03	78	0
2010	25.4	58	30.7	84	20.1	36	3.97	116	0
2009	21.6	115	29.4	109	13.8	117	7.26	20	0
2008	23.6	89	30.2	91	16.9	88	8.80	9	0
2007	26	44	32.2	54	19.7	40	5.13	71	0
2006	27.7	25	33.5	34	21.9	20	5.01	79	0
2005	26.4	37	32.4	53	20.5	32	6.63	36	0
2004	25	67	31.9	59	18.1	64	4.56	92	0
2003	24	79	31.1	80	16.9	88	1.53	155	0
2002	31.7	3	38.4	4	25.1	5	3.76	124	0
2001	21.5	116	28.7	117	14.4	112	7.00	25	0
2000	28.3	21	35.3	18	21.2	22	4.12	108	0
1999	27.9	23	35	23	20.9	24	6.24	44	0
1998	30.4	9	35.2	19	25.7	4	7.09	21	0
1997	25.1	64	31.3	75	18.9	52	5.59	60	0
1996	22.9	102	29.8	102	16	99	2.71	144	0
1995	28.5	19	35	23	22	19	3.53	127	0
1994	22.1	110	29.4	109	14.8	109	6.42	39	0
1993	26.1	39	32.6	47	19.6	44	6.06	46	0
1992	29.7	14	35.5	16	23.9	9	4.57	91	0
1991	25.4	58	32.6	47	18.3	60	4.59	89	0
1990	25.4	58	33.2	39	17.7	69	4.94	80	0
1989	25.2	62	32.7	45	17.8	67	2.98	136	0
1988	23.3	95	30.1	94	16.5	94	9.96	5	0
1987	28.5	19	35	23	22.1	18	3.47	128	0
1986	20.2	126	27.2	129	13.2	122	7.47	18	0
1985	21.9	112	29.5	106	14.2	114	8.53	12	0
1984	22	111	28.9	116	15.1	106	4.88	85	0
1983	29.7	14	35.7	13	23.7	15	7.08	22	0
1982	17.7	142	25.2	141	10.2	144	4.24	107	0
1981	22.8	103	29.9	99	15.6	101	6.71	34	0
1980	24.2	77	31.2	78	17.2	81	5.67	58	0
1979	16.9	148	23	150	10.7	142	6.89	29	0
1978	18.2	139	24.5	146	11.9	134	5.85	54	0
1977	15.8	151	23.5	148	8.1	152	1.78	151	0
1976	25.7	53	33.7	32	17.7	69	5.51	62	0
1975	25.6	54	31.8	63	19.5	46	6.88	31	0
1974	23.3	95	29.5	106	17.1	84	10.51	2	0
1973	23.4	93	29.6	105	17.2	81	5.10	75	0
1972	21.7	113	29	115	14.5	110	5.95	49	0
1971	19.4	132	27.3	126	11.6	137	6.89	29	0
1970	20.3	125	26.8	131	13.7	119	1.72	153	0
1969	23.7	86	30.1	94	17.3	77	4.53	93	0
1968	23.8	85	31.3	75	16.4	96	2.87	141	0
1967	22.3	108	30.1	94	14.5	110	5.11	74	0
1966	23	99	30.4	86	15.6	101	7.06	23	0
1965	21.3	118	28.7	117	13.8	117	5.35	67	0
1964	21.5	116	29.9	99	13	126	2.29	146	0
1963	15.3	153	22.8	151	7.8	153	1.63	154	0
1962	19.4	132	27	130	11.8	136	5.54	61	0
1961	23.7	86	32.1	55	15.2	105	1.88	150	0
1960	26.7	32	32.6	47	20.9	24	9.94	6	0
1959	17	147	25.4	140	8.7	150	4.80	88	0
1958	23	99	30.3	89	15.6	101	3.92	119	0
1957	23.6	89	31.2	78	16	99	2.88	140	0
1956	24.1	78	31.4	72	16.8	91	3.09	135	0
1955	24.8	72	31.1	80	18.5	58	4.58	90	0
1954	28.1	22	35.1	21	21	23	4.10	110	0
1953	27.9	23	34.3	30	21.4	21	4.88	85	0
1952	25.1	64	32.6	47	17.7	69	5.16	70	0
1951	20	128	27.8	123	12.3	131	6.87	32	0
1950	25.9	45	33.6	33	18.1	64	5.83	55	0
1949	25.8	49	33.3	37	18.3	60	6.83	33	0
1948	21.7	113	29.2	112	14.2	114	4.47	96	0
1947	23.9	82	31.7	64	16.1	97	4.09	111	0
1946	22.4	107	30	98	14.9	108	4.32	103	0
1945	20.5	122	27.4	125	13.5	120	2.85	142	0
1944	26.1	39	34.6	26	17.6	73	4.08	113	0
1943	20.5	122	28.4	120	12.7	128	5.46	64	0
1942	24.9	70	31.5	70	18.3	60	2.95	137	0
1941	26.1	39	32	56	20.3	34	4.08	113	0
1940	25.6	54	31.3	75	19.9	39	3.36	131	0
1939	26.6	35	33.5	34	19.6	44	4.94	80	1
1938	25.8	49	31.4	72	20.1	36	9.35	7	0
1937	26.1	39	33.8	31	18.4	59	6.98	26	0
1936	17.2	145	23.5	148	10.9	140	6.28	42	0
1935	23.7	86	30.3	89	17.1	84	5.96	48	0
1934	25.9	45	32.7	45	19.1	50	2.68	145	0
1933	27.5	27	34.6	26	20.3	34	4.88	85	0
1932	32.6	2	39.3	2	25.9	3	4.44	98	0
1931	30.2	11	36.3	11	24.1	7	2.28	147	0
1930	25.1	64	31.7	64	18.6	56	4.49	95	0
1929	20.6	121	28.1	121	13.1	124	5.93	51	0
1928	24.5	74	31.5	70	17.5	74	2.94	138	0
1927	24.9	70	31.6	68	18.1	64	3.86	121	0
1926	23.9	82	30.4	86	17.3	77	5.12	73	0
1925	22.6	105	29.8	102	15.4	104	3.39	130	0
1924	25.2	62	31.7	64	18.8	53	5.81	56	0
1923	23.5	92	30.5	85	16.5	94	4.25	105	0
1922	24.3	76	31.7	64	17	87	4.91	84	0
1921	29.8	12	35.6	14	23.9	9	3.81	122	0
1920	17.8	141	24.7	144	10.9	140	2.94	138	0
1919	29.7	14	35.5	16	23.8	12	5.38	65	0
1918	16.8	149	23.7	147	9.9	145	8.57	11	0
1917	18.1	140	26.2	136	9.9	145	3.79	123	0
1916	23.6	89	30.4	86	16.8	91	4.25	105	0
1915	23.3	95	29.4	109	17.3	77	6.70	35	0
1914	26.9	31	33.3	37	20.5	32	2.17	148	0
1913	25	67	32.6	47	17.3	77	4.46	97	0
1912	18.6	138	24.6	145	12.5	129	4.34	102	0
1911	25.3	61	32	56	18.6	56	3.68	126	0
1910	19.7	130	26.3	135	13.2	122	6.63	36	0
1909	25.9	45	32.8	41	19.1	50	5.78	57	0
1908	25.6	54	31.9	59	19.3	48	8.34	13	0
1907	25	67	31.6	68	18.3	60	4.32	103	0
1906	27.6	26	34.4	28	20.7	26	6.14	45	0
1905	18.8	137	25.8	139	11.9	134	6.62	38	0
1904	15.5	152	22.7	152	8.4	151	4.40	101	0
1903	23.9	82	30.2	91	17.5	74	4.43	99	0
1902	22.7	104	29.2	112	16.1	97	3.33	132	0
1901	23.2	98	29.8	102	16.7	93	4.09	111	0
1900	24	79	30.9	83	17.1	84	6.93	27	0
1899	19.5	131	26.8	131	12.1	133	1.78	151	0
1898	24.4	75	31	82	17.8	67	9.30	8	0
1897	26.3	38	32	56	20.6	28	6.40	40	0
1896	25.5	57	31.4	72	19.5	46	5.18	69	0
1895	20.2	126	27.3	126	13.1	124	3.88	120	0
1894	22.5	106	29.9	99	15	107	5.86	53	0
1893	16	150	22.6	154	9.3	147	4.92	83	0
1892	25.8	49	31.9	59	19.7	40	5.51	62	0
1891	26.7	32	32.8	41	20.7	26	4.12	108	0
1890	30.3	10	37.2	9	23.4	16	7.32	19	0
1889	24	79	30.2	91	17.7	69	5.92	52	0
1888	18.9	136	26.8	131	11.1	139	7.06	23	0
1887	17.6	143	26.2	136	8.9	149	7.91	17	0
1886	20.9	119	27.9	122	14	116	10.09	3	0
1885	14.4	154	22.4	155	6.3	154	3.96	117	0
1884	20.7	120	28.5	119	12.8	127	6.26	43	0
1883	19	135	26.7	134	11.3	138	5.97	47	0
1882	31.4	5	38.8	3	24.1	7	4.43	99	0
1881	19.2	134	26.2	136	12.2	132	7.99	15	0
1880	28.6	18	36.7	10	20.6	28	5.62	59	0
1879	22.2	109	30.1	94	14.4	112	3.21	133	0
1878	31.7	3	37.4	7	26	2	8.15	14	0
1877	19.9	129	27.3	126	12.5	129	5.09	76	0
1876	27.4	29	35.2	19	19.7	40	11.13	1	0
1875	13.8	155	22.7	152	4.9	155	4.06	115	0
1874	26.5	36	32.8	41	20.1	36	6.93	27	0
1873	17.6	143	24.8	143	10.4	143	3.47	128	0
1872	20.4	124	27.5	124	13.3	121	3.17	134	0
1871									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	34.6
1932	32.6
2002	31.7
1878	31.7
1882	31.4
2023	31.1
2012	30.9
2020	30.5
1998	30.4
1890	30.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	13.8
1885	14.4
1963	15.3
1904	15.5
1977	15.8
1893	16
1918	16.8
1979	16.9
1959	17
2014	17.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1876	11.13
1974	10.51
1886	10.09
2013	10.07
1988	9.96
1960	9.94
1938	9.35
1898	9.30
2008	8.80
2023	8.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	1.53
1963	1.63
1970	1.72
1977	1.78
1899	1.78
1961	1.88
2025	2.12
1914	2.17
1931	2.28
1964	2.29

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 63°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -15°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 28 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.94 in of precipitation in Milwaukee, WI, the driest winter since 2025, 38th driest of 155.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Milwaukee, WI: 63°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Milwaukee, WI: a low of -15°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Milwaukee, WI: 0.64 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.