Winter Storm — Marquette, Wisconsin

2023-02-22 · Marquette, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Snow accumulation of 6 to 7 inches.

Wider weather episode

A large and slow moving low pressure area that tracked along the WI and IL border brought heavy snow to central Wisconsin, moderate to heavy freezing rain and ice accumulations over far southern WI, and 1-2 inches of sleet and some snow accumulation in between. Thousands of power outages were prevalent especially over far southern WI where the heaviest ice accumulations occurred. Widespread school cancellations were enacted.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1077423. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.