WETTESTSINCE
Wisconsin · precipitation record 1871–2026

Milwaukee, WI

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
21.69in
year to date · normal 18.81"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 155 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
1.91in
51st driest of 156 yrs
74% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
7.05in
33rd driest of 156 yrs
74% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
21.69in
38th wettest of 156 yrs
115% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

6.81in
on Aug 6, 1986 · in 156 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 36 days (to Feb 10, 1919)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 12 days

Year to Date vs Normal

115%
21.69" of a normal 18.81" · wettest 33.61" (1876) · driest 8.63" (1958)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 155-year record (1871–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 31.68" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1187650.36in
2187746.15in
3201946.01in
4201845.08in
5200844.44in

Driest Years on Record

1190118.69in
2196319.1in
3195820.17in
4193020.22in
5194320.78in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jun (~3.23") and driest in Feb (~1.43"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jun 2008, 12.27".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Milwaukee — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

2.14in
set in 1942

Rain on Jul 28

29%
of 155 years had measurable rain
1871: 0.00″1872: 0.05″1873: 0.09″1874: 0.00″1875: 0.02″1876: 0.00″1877: 0.00″1878: 0.00″1879: 0.15″1880: 0.00″1881: 0.00″1882: 0.00″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.00″1885: 0.21″1886: 0.12″1887: 0.00″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.06″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.21″1892: 0.14″1893: 0.24″1894: 0.07″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.20″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.21″1906: 0.52″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.01″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.05″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.05″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.09″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.12″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.10″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.30″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.01″1942: 2.14″1943: 0.08″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.63″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.37″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.19″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.07″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.57″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.01″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.29″1970: 0.19″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.42″1977: 0.09″1978: 0.01″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.42″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.04″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.63″1991: 0.12″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.05″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.61″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.15″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.03″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.01″2023: 1.31″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Milwaukee's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Milwaukee, WI — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Milwaukee's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Milwaukee, WI — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:39 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Solar noon11:58 AM
Daylight14h 37m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.95°N, 87.90°W

Nearby Stations

Chicago, IL68 mi SMadison, WI73 mi WRockford, IL80 mi SWMuskegon, MI85 mi EHolland, MI92 mi EGreen Bay, WI106 mi N

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