Heavy Snow, Washburn
- When
- December 20, 12:00 PM CST to December 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washburn forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.899, -91.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 20 to 21, 2010
Snow began and spread rapidly across northwest Wisconsin during the early afternoon of the 20th. The heaviest snow, with amounts from 8 to 12 inches, fell north of a line from Dairyland in southern Douglas County through Phillips in Price County.
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 DLH wrote it up.
Snow began and spread rapidly across northwest Wisconsin during the early afternoon of the 20th. The heaviest snow, with amounts from 8 to 12 inches, fell north of a line from Dairyland in southern Douglas County through Phillips in Price County.
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, Sawyer
- When
- December 20, 12:00 PM CST to December 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Price
- When
- December 20, 12:00 PM CST to December 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Price forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.680, -90.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Douglas
- When
- December 20, 6:00 PM CST to December 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.464, -91.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Bayfield
- When
- December 20, 6:00 PM CST to December 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bayfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.635, -91.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ashland
- When
- December 20, 6:00 PM CST to December 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ashland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.510, -90.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Iron
- When
- December 20, 6:00 PM CST to December 21, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iron forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.317, -90.264 (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
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, December 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Weather in Indiana, December 20, 2010
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 20 to 23, 2010
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, December 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 20, 2010
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 20 to 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 20 to 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 20, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, December 20 to 21, 2010
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 2010
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: 272125, 272127, 272129, 272116, 272118, 272119, 272120.