Excessive Heat, Milwaukee
- When
- January 2, 1:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, January 2, 2000
) area pulled mild air into southern Wisconsin allowing Milwaukee to establish a new daily record maximum temperature of 56 at 1316CST. The old record was 54 set back in 1897.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
South winds ahead of a low pressure moving through the Madision (Dane Co.) area pulled mild air into southern Wisconsin allowing Milwaukee to establish a new daily record maximum temperature of 56 at 1316CST. The old record was 54 set back in 1897. Above normal temperatures from the beginning of winter had an effect on the ice-over of Lake Mendota and Lake Monona in Madison. On January 14th both lakes finally froze over, making it the second latest ice-over (Jan 30, 1932 is the latest). Average ice-over dates are December 20th for Lake Mendota and Dec 15th for Lake Monona). Both lakes have tended toward earlier openings over recent years, such as in 1998 when Mendota lost its ice cover on February 27th after freezing over on Jan 11th. That was the shortest ice-cover period on record.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Dane
- When
- January 2, 1:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dane forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -89.418 (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
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 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: 5129289, 5129290.