A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >
Madison finally experienced its first freeze of the cold season (31 degrees) on Wednesday morning, November 9, 2016. This was the 2nd latest first freeze on record for Madison. The latest first freeze occurred on November 12, 1946.
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Record Latest First Freeze (T <= 32) in Milwaukee
#1 | November 24 (1931) |
#2 | November 23 (1902) |
Tie #3 | November 19 (1994, 1985) |
Tie #5 | November 12 (2016, 1915, 1882) |
#8 | November 11 (1897) |
#9 | November 10 (2005) |
Tie #10 | November 9 (2015, 1938) |
Record Latest First Freeze (T <= 32) in Madison
#1 | November 12 (1946) |
#2 | November 9 (2016) |
#3 | November 7 (1938) |
Tie #4 | November 6 (1900, 1931, 1940) |
#7 | November 5 (1927) |
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