Cold/Wind Chill, Marquette
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -89.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Wisconsin, January 30, 1996
After the previous day's ground blizzard, very cold arctic air poured into Southern Wisconsin on northwest winds of 10 to 25 mph. Wind chills dropped to 35 to 45 below zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 20 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
After the previous day's ground blizzard, very cold arctic air poured into Southern Wisconsin on northwest winds of 10 to 25 mph. Wind chills dropped to 35 to 45 below zero. Maximum temperatures only made it to 3 above zero in Milwaukee (Milwaukee county) after overnight lows across Southern Wisconsin of 5 below to 15 below. There was one directly-related hypothermia death in both Kenosha and Lafayette counties. There was an indirectly-related death in Sheboygan county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
20 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Green Lake
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Green Lake forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -89.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Fond du Lac
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sheboygan
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sauk
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Columbia
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Dodge
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Ozaukee
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Iowa
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Dane
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dane forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jefferson
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Waukesha
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Milwaukee
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lafayette
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.661, -90.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Green
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Green forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Rock
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Rock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Walworth
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.669, -88.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Racine
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Racine forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Kenosha
- When
- January 30, 2:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kenosha forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.573, -87.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Lafayette | 1996-01-30 | 85 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Cold/Wind Chill, Kenosha | 1996-01-30 | 31 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Washington, January 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, January 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 30, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Illinois, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 30, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 30 to 31, 1996
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5538543, 5538544, 5538545, 5538546, 5538547, 5538548, 5538549, 5538550, 5538551, 5538552, 5538553, 5538554, 5538555, 5538556, 5538557, 5538558, 5538559, 5538560, 5538561, 5538562.