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Hurricane and Storm Surge Watches Issued for the Northern Gulf Coast for Strengthening Tropical Storm Isaias

Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to track toward the central Gulf Coast while strengthening into a hurricane on Thursday. There is an increasing risk of damaging hurricane-force winds and life-threatening storm surge impacts along portions of the northern Gulf Coast Friday into Saturday. Isaias will bring heavy rainfall to the central Gulf Coast and much of the Southeast Friday into the weekend. Read More >

Milwaukee experienced at or above normal mean monthly temperatures every month in 2012, except for October and September.  Similarly, Madison experienced at or above normal mean monthly temperatures every month in 2012, except October and September.  

As such, the 2012 mean average temperature in Madison was the warmest on record, and in Milwaukee tied for the warmest on record.  This was attributed to a Top 5 warmest 2011-2012 winter, the warmest spring 2012 on record, a top 3 warmest summer in 2012, and a near normal autumn.

 

Madison Top 5 Warmest Mean
Average T
Milwaukee Top 5 Warmest Mean
Average T
Rank Value (F) Year
1 51.3 2012
2 51.0 1931
T3 49.9 1998
  49.9 1878
5 49.6 1921
Rank Value (F) Year
T1 51.9 2012
  51.9 1931
3 50.9 1998
4 50.8 1921
5 50.4 2010

ET/Wood
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI