Dense Fog, Green
- When
- December 3, 1:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Green forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 3 to 4, 2013
Intermittent dense advection fog formed over southern Wisconsin ahead of an approaching warm front.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 20 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
- 20
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.
Intermittent dense advection fog formed over southern Wisconsin ahead of an approaching warm front.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
20 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Iowa
- When
- December 3, 1:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Lafayette
- When
- December 3, 1:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.661, -90.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Dane
- When
- December 3, 7:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dane forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Rock
- When
- December 3, 7:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Sauk
- When
- December 3, 7:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Walworth
- When
- December 3, 8:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.669, -88.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Jefferson
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Kenosha
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kenosha forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.573, -87.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Racine
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Racine forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Waukesha
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Columbia
- When
- December 3, 10:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Milwaukee
- When
- December 3, 10:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Dodge
- When
- December 3, 11:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Ozaukee
- When
- December 3, 11:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Washington
- When
- December 3, 11:00 AM CST to December 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Fond du Lac
- When
- December 4, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Green Lake
- When
- December 4, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Green Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -89.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Marquette
- When
- December 4, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -89.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Sheboygan
- When
- December 4, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Wisconsin, December 3 to 4, 2013
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 3 to 5, 2013
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 3 to 4, 2013
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 3 to 4, 2013
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, December 3 to 4, 2013
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 3 to 5, 2013
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 3 to 4, 2013
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, December 3 to 4, 2013
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 3, 2013
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 3 to 4, 2013
- Extreme Cold and Winter Weather in Montana, December 3 to 9, 2013
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 3 to 4, 2013
More
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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: 489712, 489714, 489717, 489709, 489722, 489723, 489725, 489715, 489716, 489721, 489727, 489708, 489719, 489710, 489720, 489726, 489711, 489713, 489718, 489724.