The One Weather Pattern To Watch for Flooding, Record Warmth, and Wisconsin’s Quiet
A locked-in ridge-trough weather pattern is driving extremes nationwide while keeping Wisconsin relatively calm heading into Christmas week. Here’s what…
Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint
Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking…
The Cure for Winter Blues: Birding
Discover how winter birding lifts your mood, boosts mental health, and brings color back to the coldest months. A simple…
Record-Breaking Arctic Blast: Dangerous Wind Chills Shatter Wisconsin Cold Records
A powerful arctic blast hits Wisconsin Thursday with subzero wind chills and possible record-breaking lows. Here’s what to know and…
Battle Above the Clouds: How weather helped guarantee a tremendous victory in the Civil War
How dense fog, low clouds, wet terrain, and even a lunar eclipse influenced the Battle of Lookout Mountain, the Civil…
Winter Outlook 2025–26: More Snow & Colder for Wisconsin
The CPC winter outlook points to a colder, snowier mid-winter for Wisconsin as a weak La Niña strengthens the storm…
Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940: The Storm That Changed Midwest Weather Forever
On Nov. 11, 1940, a mild fall morning turned deadly as a surprise blizzard killed 150 and reshaped the way…
Wisconsin’s Polar plunge: The science behind the deep freeze
A sharp jet stream dip is sending Arctic air into Wisconsin. Learn how this “polar plunge” forms and when temps…
Fire weather West, Climate Warning for the Great Lakes
As wildfire danger grows in the western U.S., the same westerly pattern is steering warmth and wind into Wisconsin and…
Winds of Change: The Great Lakes enter the “Gales of November”
A new November weather pattern is bringing gusty winds across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes. As strong Pacific systems sweep…
