Fire Weather Watches in Wisconsin
64 fire weather watches since 1986. 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 64
- Busiest year
- 202314 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 5over 12 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burnett County13
- Douglas County13
- Washburn County13
- Bayfield County12
- Sawyer County11
- Adams County10
- Jackson County10
- Juneau County10
- Monroe County10
- La Crosse County10
- Ashland County9
- Marquette County9
- Portage County9
- Waupaca County9
- Waushara County9
- Wood County9
- Clark County8
- Florence County8
- Marinette County8
- Polk County8
- Vilas County8
- Green Lake County8
- Trempealeau County8
- Barron County7
- Forest County7
- Iron County7
- Langlade County7
- Lincoln County7
- Oneida County7
- Price County7
- Saint Croix County7
- Buffalo County7
- Vernon County7
- Columbia County6
- Crawford County6
- Grant County6
- Iowa County6
- Lafayette County6
- Richland County6
- Sauk County6
31 more counties
- Eau Claire County5
- Oconto County5
- Pierce County5
- Rusk County5
- Marathon County5
- Dane County5
- Green County5
- Dunn County4
- Pepin County4
- Taylor County4
- Dodge County4
- Fond du Lac County4
- Jefferson County4
- Kenosha County4
- Milwaukee County4
- Ozaukee County4
- Racine County4
- Rock County4
- Sheboygan County4
- Walworth County4
- Washington County4
- Waukesha County4
- Chippewa County3
- Menominee County3
- Outagamie County3
- Winnebago County3
- Calumet County2
- Shawano County2
- Brown County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Manitowoc County1
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:03 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GRB | Vilas | 23 hr |
| May 13, 9:51 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more | 26 hr |
| May 13, 3:20 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 32 hr |
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.