Alert archive / Wisconsin / Extreme Cold Warnings
Extreme Cold Warnings in Wisconsin, 2026
5 extreme cold warnings in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of extreme cold warnings reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Cold Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Warnings
- 5
- Busiest month
- January5 extreme cold warnings
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20264 extreme cold warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 12:43 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price and 2 more | 4 days |
| Jan 21, 11:56 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:02 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:25 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 65 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:31 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 67 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashland County1
- Bayfield County1
- Burnett County1
- Douglas County1
- Iron County1
- Price County1
- Sawyer County1
- Washburn County1
- Adams County1
- Buffalo County1
- Clark County1
- Crawford County1
- Grant County1
- Jackson County1
- Juneau County1
- La Crosse County1
- Monroe County1
- Richland County1
- Taylor County1
- Trempealeau County1
- Vernon County1
- Barron County1
- Chippewa County1
- Dunn County1
- Eau Claire County1
- Pepin County1
- Pierce County1
- Polk County1
- Rusk County1
- Saint Croix County1
- Columbia County1
- Dane County1
- Dodge County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Green County1
- Green Lake County1
- Iowa County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kenosha County1
- Lafayette County1
32 more counties
- Marquette County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Racine County1
- Rock County1
- Sauk County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Walworth County1
- Washington County1
- Waukesha County1
- Brown County1
- Calumet County1
- Door County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Langlade County1
- Lincoln County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Marathon County1
- Marinette County1
- Menominee County1
- Oconto County1
- Oneida County1
- Outagamie County1
- Portage County1
- Shawano County1
- Vilas County1
- Waupaca County1
- Waushara County1
- Winnebago County1
- Wood County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.