Wisconsin, 2001

Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, November 1 to 30, 2001

November 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS GRB · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

). 1 degrees set in 1931.

Where it happened

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
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  • 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
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 GRB wrote it up.

The average temperature for the month set the record for the warmest November at Green Bay (Brown co.) and Wausau (Marathon co.). Green Bay averaged 43.4 degrees, 9.0 degrees above normal, breaking the old record for the month of 43.1 degrees set in 1931. Wausau averaged 42.0 degrees, 9.5 degrees above normal, breaking the old record for the month of 40.4 degrees set in 1999. Every day of the month averaged above normal at both Green Bay and Wausau except for the 20th.

The radar

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Event by event

2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Brown

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 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, Marathon

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Marathon forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
44.898, -89.759 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

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Every storm in Wisconsin in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, November 2001

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: 5274974, 5274975.