Ashland, WI

Wisconsin · Records since 1893–2026

☁️ 55°F
Currently in Ashland
As of 3:15 PM CST

Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

74°F

November 4, 1975

+28° from 46° normal

❄ Record Low

8°F

November 4, 1951

-21° from 29° normal
🌞 Normal high: 46°F 🌑 Normal low: 29°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Ashland

🔥
107°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 23, 1934
❄
-41°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 17, 1982
🌧
6.39"
Wettest Day Ever
Jun 24, 1946
☃
21.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 15, 2002

First & Last Dates — Ashland

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
150 days
Longest growing season
1908
37 days
Shortest growing season
1915
118 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 74°F November 4, 1975
2 73°F November 4, 2020
3 71°F November 4, 2008
4 69°F November 4, 1981
5 67°F November 4, 2016
6 63°F November 4, 1916
7 62°F November 4, 1978
8 61°F November 4, 2022
9 60°F November 4, 2015
10 59°F November 4, 1980

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 8°F November 4, 1951
2 9°F November 4, 1936
3 10°F November 4, 1991
4 13°F November 4, 1966
5 14°F November 4, 1986
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1893–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Ashland

threshold: 88°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
94°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
2
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
5
2026 so far
7
Avg/year 1970–2025
4
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
32
Most in a year (1988)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Ashland

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 26, 1921 – Jul 4, 1921 9 99°F (Jun 30) 94°F 60°F
2 Jul 7, 1936 – Jul 13, 1936 7 105°F (Jul 12) 101°F 65°F
3 Jul 3, 1988 – Jul 9, 1988 7 100°F (Jul 7) 95°F 61°F
4 Jun 27, 1910 – Jul 3, 1910 7 99°F (Jun 29) 94°F 61°F
5 Jul 7, 1943 – Jul 13, 1943 7 93°F (Jul 10) 90°F 59°F
6 Jul 26, 1988 – Jul 31, 1988 6 103°F (Jul 27) 98°F 60°F
7 Aug 26, 1991 – Aug 31, 1991 6 96°F (Aug 31) 92°F 66°F
8 Jun 28, 1966 – Jul 3, 1966 6 95°F (Jun 30) 92°F 61°F
9 Jul 28, 1975 – Aug 2, 1975 6 95°F (Jul 28) 94°F 62°F
10 Jun 30, 2020 – Jul 5, 2020 6 92°F (Jul 3) 90°F 60°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

42
2026 total
above-normal nights
44.0
Avg / summer
1970–2020
65
Most in a summer
2010

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1893–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1893, annual totals have trended +0.04" per decade, about +0.6" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Ashland is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

170 of 306 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

15.53"
2026 YTD
Normal: 25.50"
-9.97"
1.14"
November so far
November normal: 1.55"
-0.41"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Ashland is 9.97" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 4 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
51.6°F
Average temperature
4th-warmest of 118
+7.9°
vs. average
Normal: 43.6°F (1991–2020)
3.63"
Precipitation
21st-wettest of 109
+0.99"
vs. average
Normal: 2.64" · 138% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 4 – Nov 3

1894–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.05° per decade (cooling since 1894)

Precipitation by Year — Oct 4 – Nov 3

1901–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.06" per decade (wetter since 1901)

Warmest Oct 4 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1963 53.4°F
2 1908 53.1°F
3 1947 52.3°F
4 2026 51.6°F
5 1924 51.5°F
6 1956 51.1°F
7 1920 51.0°F
8 1973 50.3°F
9 1953 49.9°F
10 1931 49.7°F

Coolest Oct 4 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1917 34.9°F
2 1925 35.0°F
3 2002 37.4°F
4 2006 37.8°F
5 2020 39.0°F
6 1976 39.3°F
7 2018 39.5°F
8 2009 39.5°F
9 1919 39.6°F
10 1951 39.6°F

Wettest Oct 4 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2005 7.57"
2 1971 5.11"
3 1968 4.80"
4 1991 4.80"
5 2013 4.80"
6 1970 4.77"
7 1982 4.71"
8 1933 4.34"
9 1941 4.18"
10 1992 4.12"

Driest Oct 4 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2006 0.27"
2 1965 0.35"
3 1907 0.38"
4 1947 0.39"
5 2012 0.41"
6 1963 0.45"
7 1953 0.45"
8 1952 0.47"
9 1964 0.55"
10 1944 0.63"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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