Wisconsin, 2025Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025 · NWS MKX · 6 events in 6 counties and zones
Multiple bands of mostly light to moderate snow occurred as relatively mild and moist air aloft returned to the region. 2-4 inches of snow accumulation occurred over central and east-central Wisconsin, with substantially lighter totals further south.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Multiple bands of mostly light to moderate snow occurred as relatively mild and moist air aloft returned to the region. 2-4 inches of snow accumulation occurred over central and east-central Wisconsin, with substantially lighter totals further south.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 14, 10:11 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 10:11 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 14, 9:19 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
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- When
- February 15, 3:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm-total accumulations generally in the 1-3 inch range countywide. Highest total of 2.8 inches observed in Portage.
Winter Weather, Sauk
- When
- February 15, 4:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm-total accumulations generally in the 1-3 inch range countywide. Highest total of 2.5 inches observed in Reedsburg.
Winter Weather, Fond du Lac
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm-total accumulations generally in the 2-3 inch range countywide. Highest total of 3.0 inches observed in Eldorado.
Winter Weather, Green Lake
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Green Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -89.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm-total accumulations generally in the 2-4 inch range countywide. Highest total of 3.7 inches observed in Princeton.
Winter Weather, Marquette
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -89.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm-total accumulations generally in the 1-3 inch range countywide. Highest total of 1.5 inches observed in Montello.
Winter Weather, Dodge
- When
- February 15, 7:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm-total accumulations generally in the 1-2 inch range countywide. Highest total of 2.3 inches observed in Theresa.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 15 to 17, 20256 deaths · $130,000 · EF1 · 33 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 15 to 19, 20253 deaths · $15 million · 50 kt wind · 73 events
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Kentucky, February 15 to 17, 20252 deaths · 1 injured · $4.3 million · 71 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Montana, February 15 to 18, 20253 deaths · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 15 to 16, 20251 injured · $450,000 · EF2 · 96 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, February 15 to 17, 2025$5.5 million · EF2 · 44 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, February 15 to 17, 20251 death · $225,000 · 34 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, February 15 to 18, 2025$2.1 million · 1 in hail · 51 events
- Cold in Illinois, February 15, 20251 death · 1 event
- Cold in Arizona, February 15, 20251 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, February 15 to 16, 2025$11 million · 10 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 15 to 17, 2025$2.2 million · 18 events
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: 1234507, 1234514, 1234510, 1234511, 1234513, 1234508.