Heavy Snow, Marinette
- When
- January 31, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marinette forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.351, -88.002 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 31, 2003
Low pressure that moved from the Dakotas into southern Wisconsin brought heavy snow to central, east central and parts of northeast Wisconsin. ).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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.
Low pressure that moved from the Dakotas into southern Wisconsin brought heavy snow to central, east central and parts of northeast Wisconsin. The highest snowfall totals included 7.0 inches at Coloma (Waushara co.), 6.7 inches at New London (Outagamie co.), 6.5 inches at Fremont (Waupaca co.). 6.4 inches at Green Bay (Brown co.) and 6.2 inches at Peshtigo (Marinette co.).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Waupaca
- When
- January 31, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waupaca forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -88.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Outagamie
- When
- January 31, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.416, -88.465 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Brown
- When
- January 31, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Waushara
- When
- January 31, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.113, -89.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Calumet
- When
- January 31, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.082, -88.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Manitowoc
- When
- January 31, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.091, -87.700 (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
- Flooding in Washington, January 31, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, January 31, 2003
- Flood in Washington, January 31, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 31, 2003
- High Wind in Kansas, January 31, 2003
- Flooding in Oregon, January 31, 2003
- Flooding in Washington, January 31, 2003
- Flood in Washington, January 31, 2003
- Flood in Washington, January 31, 2003
- Cold in Florida, January 31, 2003
- Cold in Alabama, January 31, 2003
- Flood in Idaho, January 31, 2003
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 2003
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: 5339433, 5339434, 5339435, 5339436, 5339437, 5339438, 5339439.