Cold/Wind Chill in Lafayette, Wisconsin
Cold/Wind Chill January 30, 1996 · Lafayette, Wisconsin
The wider storm
After the previous day's ground blizzard, very cold arctic air poured into Southern Wisconsin on northwest winds of 10 to 25 mph. Wind chills dropped to 35 to 45 below zero. Maximum temperatures only made it to 3 above zero in Milwaukee (Milwaukee county) after overnight lows across Southern Wisconsin of 5 below to 15 below. There was one directly-related hypothermia death in both Kenosha and Lafayette counties. There was an indirectly-related death in Sheboygan county.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5538557. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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