Excessive Heat, Brown
- When
- February 29, 11:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.474, -87.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, February 29, 2000
The temperature reached 59 degrees in both Green Bay (Brown county) and Oshkosh (Winnebago county) on the 29th, setting new record highs at both locations. Rhinelander (Oneida county) set a new record high of 58 degrees on the 29th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 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 GRB wrote it up.
The temperature reached 59 degrees in both Green Bay (Brown county) and Oshkosh (Winnebago county) on the 29th, setting new record highs at both locations. Rhinelander (Oneida county) set a new record high of 58 degrees on the 29th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Winnebago
- When
- February 29, 11:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.069, -88.645 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Oneida
- When
- February 29, 11:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oneida forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.706, -89.522 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 29, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, February 29, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 29, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, February 29, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 29, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 29, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, February 29, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, February 29, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, February 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, February 29, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2000
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: 5133096, 5133097, 5133098.