Severe thunderstorms are expected today and Friday from the upper Midwest, central Great Lakes into the Ohio and mid-Mississippi Valley's. In addition, heavy rainfall threat increases on Friday across the Ohio Valley. Meanwhile, early summer-like heat wave across portions of southern Texas with new daily records are forecast today and through the weekend; The heat spreads across the Gulf States. Read More >
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A two pronged winter storm affected the area from Friday afternoon through late Saturday night. It ended a few hours after midnight (Dec. 18) in far southeast WI. Much of southern Wisconsin saw 8 to 11 inches of snow. Areas from Madison west had lower amounts of only saw about 4 to 6 inches. The first round hit Friday afternoon and evening and resulted in 2 to 5 inches of snow. The next round, Saturday afternoon and night, dropped another 2 to 6 inches of snow. This storm brought accumulating snowfall to the entire state.
Then, bitter cold temperatures moved in Saturday night through Monday morning. Lows bottomed out at -7 in southeast WI to -24 in southwest WI, and wind chill values dropped down to -20 to -35. |
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Snow
2 Day snowfall totals are shown in the maps below. The time period is from Friday afternoon December 16 to early Sunday morning, December 18th.
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| Judy Dalton Wildes Concord |
Cassie Paap Cambridge |
Tiffany Debrabant Walworth County |
Rhonda Westover Beaver Dam |
Storm Reports
Location Amount Time/Date Lat/Lon Columbia County Portage 8.0 in 0900 AM 12/18 43.55N/89.47W 7 WSW Portage 7.6 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.48N/89.57W Lodi 5.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.32N/89.53W Dane County Madison Airport 7.4 in 0546 AM 12/18 43.14N/89.33W 1 SSW Shorewood Hills 6.4 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.06N/89.46W Oregon 6.2 in 0630 AM 12/18 42.92N/89.39W Mt Horeb 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.98N/89.74W 1 W Shorewood Hills 5.8 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.08N/89.47W 3 NE Verona 5.5 in 0734 AM 12/18 43.02N/89.48W Middleton 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.09N/89.51W Dodge County 3 WNW Beaver Dam 9.1 in 1214 AM 12/18 43.48N/88.89W Horicon-WWTP 7.7 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.45N/88.63W Fond du Lac County Ripon 8.0 in 0100 PM 12/18 43.85N/88.84W Taycheedah 7.5 in 0625 AM 12/18 43.83N/88.35W Green County 2 SE Monticello 5.7 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.72N/89.56W Green Lake County 3 S Berlin 7.2 in 1130 AM 12/18 43.93N/88.95W Iowa County 5 SE Dodgeville 4.5 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.91N/90.06W Jefferson County 3 SE Sullivan-NWS 9.6 in 0507 AM 12/18 42.98N/88.55W 1 SW Palmyra 8.7 in 1228 AM 12/18 42.87N/88.60W 1 NW Whitewater 7.7 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.85N/88.75W Watertown 7.5 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.17N/88.74W Whitewater 7.0 in 0645 AM 12/18 42.86N/88.73W Fort Atkinson 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.88N/88.83W Kenosha County Paddock Lake 7.5 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.57N/88.10W Pleasant Prairie 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.56N/87.94W 2 WSW Kenosha 5.6 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.56N/87.86W Kenosha-Water Pollution Cont 5.5 in 1200 AM 12/18 42.55N/87.81W Lafayette County Benton 5.7 in 0745 AM 12/18 42.57N/90.39W 4 NNW South Wayne 5.3 in 0730 AM 12/18 42.63N/89.90W Marquette County Oxford 6n 5.7 in 0830 AM 12/18 43.86N/89.56W Milwaukee County 3 W Oak Creek 9.3 in 0815 AM 12/18 42.89N/87.95W Oak Creek 9.0 in 1100 AM 12/18 42.89N/87.90W 1 NW Glendale 8.8 in 1230 AM 12/18 43.14N/87.94W 2 WSW Cudahy 8.6 in 0546 AM 12/18 42.94N/87.90W Mt. Mary College 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.07N/88.03W 1 ENE Greendale 6.2 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.94N/87.98W Ozaukee County Newburg 8.5 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.43N/88.04W Belgium-WWTP 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.51N/87.85W Cedarburg 8.0 in 0615 AM 12/18 43.30N/87.99W Port Washington-CoCoRaHS 6.9 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.39N/87.88W Saukville-WWTP 6.0 in 0600 AM 12/18 43.37N/87.94W Racine County 4 N Sturtevant 8.0 in 0925 AM 12/18 42.76N/87.91W Union Grove 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.70N/88.03W 1 NW Elmwood Park 7.6 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.71N/87.85W 2 WSW Racine 7.6 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.73N/87.82W 3 W North Bay 6.7 in 0615 AM 12/18 42.76N/87.83W 1 NNW Racine 5.2 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.75N/87.79W Rock County 1 W Janesville 8.4 in 0815 AM 12/18 42.69N/89.03W Milton 8.0 in 1216 AM 12/18 42.78N/88.95W 2 NNW Clinton 7.6 in 0815 AM 12/18 42.60N/88.88W Edgerton 7.2 in 1216 AM 12/18 42.84N/89.07W Afton-Rock River 6.3 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.62N/89.07W Beloit 5.7 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.50N/89.03W Beloit 4.7 in 0500 AM 12/18 42.53N/89.21W Sauk County Reedsburg 1nne 6.5 in 0510 AM 12/18 43.55N/90.00W 2 WSW Rock Springs 5.9 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.46N/89.97W Reedsburg 5.4 in 0800 AM 12/18 43.52N/90.00W Sheboygan County Sheboygan-WWTP 11.0 in 0800 AM 12/18 43.72N/87.71W 1 ESE Kohler 10.0 in 0900 PM 12/17 43.73N/87.75W 1 NW Random Lake 9.5 in 1030 AM 12/18 43.56N/87.97W 2 NNW Sheboygan 9.4 in 0600 AM 12/18 43.78N/87.72W 3 NNE Kohler 9.4 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.78N/87.77W Random Lake-CoCoRaHS 9.2 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.55N/87.95W Elkhart Lake 8.1 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.83N/88.02W 1 E Sheboygan Falls 8.0 in 0345 PM 12/17 43.73N/87.81W Plymouth 6.3 in 0730 AM 12/18 43.75N/87.98W Walworth County Delevan 7.0 in 0710 AM 12/18 42.63N/88.66W Lake Geneva 5.8 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.59N/88.42W Washington County Slinger 9.8 in 1200 PM 12/18 43.34N/88.29W 1 NE Germantown 8.1 in 0109 PM 12/18 43.25N/88.11W West Bend-Public Works 8.0 in 0624 AM 12/18 43.41N/88.19W Hartford 7.7 in 0546 AM 12/18 43.32N/88.39W 3 W Jackson 7.3 in 0600 AM 12/18 43.32N/88.22W Waukesha County 1 NNE Okauchee Lake 11.2 in 0900 AM 12/18 43.15N/88.43W 1 NE Sussex 11.0 in 0930 AM 12/18 43.14N/88.21W 2 SSE North Prairie 10.5 in 0730 AM 12/18 42.91N/88.39W 2 NNW Brookfield 10.0 in 1100 PM 12/17 43.08N/88.14W 3 S Waukesha 10.0 in 0123 PM 12/18 42.97N/88.24W Waukesha 10.0 in 0507 AM 12/18 43.01N/88.24W Waukesha 2.1 SSW 9.4 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.98N/88.25W 3 SW New Berlin 9.4 in 0545 AM 12/18 42.94N/88.17W Sussex 9.4 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.14N/88.22W 3 SW New Berlin 9.1 in 0545 AM 12/18 42.94N/88.17W 1 E Merton 8.8 in 0800 AM 12/18 43.14N/88.29W 1 WNW New Berlin 8.6 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.98N/88.16W 2 SW Oconomowoc 8.6 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.09N/88.52W South 8.4 in 0814 AM 12/18 43.11N/88.50W Oconomowoc 8.4 in 0658 AM 12/18 43.11N/88.50W Merton 1.5n 8.3 in 0710 AM 12/18 43.17N/88.30W 1 E Merton 8.3 in 0945 AM 12/18 43.14N/88.29W 2 SE Eagle 8.2 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.85N/88.44W 1 WNW Oconomowoc 8.2 in 1216 AM 12/18 43.11N/88.52W Pewaukee 8.2 in 0507 AM 12/18 43.09N/88.25W Hartland 8.0 in 0655 AM 12/18 43.10N/88.35W 1 SE Brookfield 8.0 in 0809 AM 12/18 43.05N/88.11W Oconomowoc 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/18 43.10N/88.50W Mukwonago 7.8 in 0700 AM 12/18 42.87N/88.33W Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered official.
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