Heavy Snow, Sheboygan
- When
- January 9, 6:00 AM CST to January 10, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 9 to 10, 1997
Low pressure moving northeast through Illinois and Indiana produced a prolonged period of snow over a part of eastcentral and southeast Wisconsin. The system's snow was enhanced by moisture input from Lake Michigan due to a northeast flow of air in the lower atmosphere.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Low pressure moving northeast through Illinois and Indiana produced a prolonged period of snow over a part of eastcentral and southeast Wisconsin. The system's snow was enhanced by moisture input from Lake Michigan due to a northeast flow of air in the lower atmosphere. Newburg (Washington co.) picked up 8.2 inches, while both Sheboygan (Sheboygan co.) and Port Washington gathered 8 inches. Otherwise 4 to 7 inches fell east of a line from Green Bay to Janesville. Interstate-43 in Sheboygan county was closed for 1.5 hours in the morning due to the intense snowfall at that time. Many vehicles ended up in roadside ditches and there were many accidents. There were 10 indirectly-related deathes due to the accidents. The 6.5 inches at Milwaukee was the first substantial snowfall of the season.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Washington
- When
- January 9, 6:00 AM CST to January 10, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ozaukee
- When
- January 9, 6:00 AM CST to January 10, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 9, 1997
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 1997
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5586765, 5586766, 5586767.