Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week's end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northern Gulf Coast from the western Florida Panhandle to southeastern Louisiana through tonight. Read More >

Updated 7/13/26

2026 Update: It's been an active tornado year so far across Wisconsin with 39 documented tornadoes, which ties it with last year (2025) for the 6th most in an entire year since 1950. 2005 (62), 2010 (46), 2024 (45), 1980 (43), 2021 (41), 2025 (39) are the top 6 years for most documented tornadoes. 3 EF-3s, 2 EF-2s, 20 EF1s, 13 EF0s and 1 EF Unknown (U) level tornadoes have been documented across the state. On average, Wisconsin has 23 tornadoes that occur throughout the full year.