Heat, Brown
- When
- February 25, 12:00 AM CST to February 27, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.474, -87.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Wisconsin, February 25 to 27, 1998
Record high temperatures were set at Green Bay on the 25th (47 degrees) and the 26th (54 degrees). February 1998 was the warmest on record in Green Bay (112 years of records).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 GRB wrote it up.
Record high temperatures were set at Green Bay on the 25th (47 degrees) and the 26th (54 degrees). Record warm minimum temperatures were also set on the morning of the 26th (40 degrees) and the 27th (36 degrees).February 1998 was the warmest on record in Green Bay (112 years of records). The month ended 13.0 degrees above normal, shattering the old record set in 1931.Other locations in northeast and central Wisconsin reported unofficial record or near-record mild monthly temperatures for February. In Rhinelander (Oneida co.), for example, the month ended about 12 degrees above normal. In Marshfield (Wood co.), February '98 was over 11 degrees above normal.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in Montana, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Blizzard in North Dakota, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 25, 1998
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 25, 1998
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 1998
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5628583.