A small band of primarily freezing rain and sleet developed across southwestern Minnesota then tracked eastward into western Wisconsin. The band of precipitation produced an hour or two of a light wintry mix resulting in minor ice and sleet accumulation.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
A small band of primarily freezing rain and sleet developed across southwestern Minnesota then tracked eastward into western Wisconsin. The band of precipitation produced an hour or two of a light wintry mix resulting in minor ice and sleet accumulation. As a result, slick travel conditions existed during the morning commute. Most of the ice accumulation occurred across St. Croix to Pepin Counties through Chippewa and Eau Claire Counties.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The AWOS Station located at New Richmond Municipal Airport reported a few hours of mixed precipitation. A CoCoRaHS observer reported a layer of sleet existed on their snowboard.
A CoCoRaHS observer located 2 miles SW of Ellsworth that early morning sleet/snow and light drizzle provided a light coating of ice on surfaces making traveling a bit treacherous.
The ASOS station at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport reported a few hours of mixed precipitation. CoCoRaHS observers across the county reported a light glaze of ice.
A CoCoRaHS Observer in Colfax reported freezing rain and snow.
A nearby CoCoRaHS observer just over the southern border of the county in Mondovi reported a layer of ice which made roads and sidewalks slippery.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 2025
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: 1307440, 1307442, 1307444, 1307456, 1307460.