Final 2019 Precipitation Totals Across North-Central & Northeast Wisconsin

Many locations across north-central and northeast Wisconsin experienced the wettest year on record. The top ten list (precipitation records) for Appleton, Green Bay, Rhinelander and Wausau are noted. A table with precipitation totals and rankings for other locations across north-central and northeast Wisconsin have been added.

Appleton

At Appleton, 7 of the top 10 wettest years on record have occurred since 2010. 2019 ranks as the wettest year on record breaking the old record of 43.59 inches set in 2010.

	Precipitation
Rank	Total	Year

1	49.03	2019
2	43.59	2010
3	41.73	2018
4	40.98	1961
5	38.97	1959
6	37.81	2011
7	37.75	2017
8	37.65	1985
9	37.57	2015
10	37.30	2014

Green Bay

At Green Bay, 4 of the top 8 wettest years on record have occurred since 2010. 2019 ranks as the wettest year on record, breaking the old record by 9.42 inches. It marks the first time Green Bay established back to back yearly precipitation records since 1887 and 1888 (the first two years of official Green Bay weather records).

	Precipitation
Rank	Total	Year

1	48.63	2019
2	39.21	2018
3	38.36	1985
4	38.15	2010
5	38.03	1914
6	37.90	1906
7	37.85	2011
8	36.65	1990
9	36.23	1890
10	36.20	1984

Rhinelander

At Rhinelander, seven of the top 21 wettest years on record have occurred since 2000, and 4 of the top 9 wettest years on record since 2014. 2019 will go down in the record books as the wettest year on record at Rhinelander.

	Precipitation
Rank	Total	Year

1	43.15	2019
2	42.86	2016
3	42.42	1911
4T	41.62	1990,2014
6	41.51	1938
7	40.71	1991
8	40.36	1951
9	40.29	2017
10	39.92	1978

Wausau

At Wausau, five of the top 20 wettest years on record have occurred since 2010. 2019 will go down in the record books as the 2nd wettest year on record.

	Precipitation
Rank	Total	Year

1	48.72	1938
2	48.15	2019
3	42.60	1984
4	41.88	1941
5	41.69	1968
6	41.23	1982
7	41.05	1911
8	40.89	2014
9	40.83	1942
10	39.75	1991

Precipitation Data for Other Locations

	Precipitation		Old or Current	Year
Location	Total	Rank	Record

Antigo	39.75	5th wettest	45.50	1904
Brillion	43.73	Wettest	40.39	2018
Chilton	47.24	Wettest	46.20	2018
Clintonville	48.94	Wettest	40.39	1993
Hancock	43.77	2nd Wettest	44.16	1911
Kewaunee	41.09	Wettest	39.58	1990
Manitowoc	39.63	8th Wettest	46.43	1959
Marinette	45.21	2nd Wettest	45.28	1996
Marshfield	48.47	Wettest	46.79	1942
Merrill	42.88	3rd Wettest	46.52	1912
New London	46.59	Wettest	44.73	2010
Oconto	49.93	Wettest	42.94	1996
Oshkosh	43.21	2nd Wettest	43.83	1938
Peshtigo	52.88	Wettest	37.93	2013
Phelps	40.65	5th Wettest	46.08	1951
Rest Lake	42.84	3rd Wettest	52.05	1938
Rosholt	45.84	Wettest	41.86	2010
Shawano	50.79	Wettest	40.08	1938
Stevens Point	45.36	2nd Wettest	52.13	1938
Stratford	42.69	Wettest	42.62	1968
Sturgeon Bay	50.11	Wettest	47.36	1985
Two Rivers	43.03	Wettest	41.17	1959
Washington Island	45.26	Wettest	40.83	2013
Waupaca	42.69	2nd Wettest	43.26	1939
Wausaukee	47.03	Wettest	42.24	2017