Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Waushara, Wisconsin

2025-02-18 · Waushara, Wisconsin

Event narrative

The combination of cold temperatures and gusty winds caused wind chill values to fall to -30 to -36 during the morning hours.

Wider weather episode

Arctic high pressure brought a cold airmass over northeast Wisconsin late Monday night (2/17) into Tuesday morning (2/18), causing air temperatures to fall to 10 to 20 below zero. West-northwest winds of 10 to 15 mph allowed wind chills to fall to 30 to 36 below zero across portions of north-central, central, and east-central Wisconsin.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1230984. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.