4/9/2023 0 Comments Snow totals wisconsin![]() National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI Here's a list of snowfall reports from southern Wisconsin from 3/12 through 3/14: Snowfall totals ended up in the 15 to 23 inch range there! Additional "waves" of snow in the lake effect band kept affecting the Wind Point area of Racine County. ![]() This band brushed southeast Wisconsin late Monday night into Tuesday morning. The lake effect snow band took on more of a north-south orientation Monday night. Mequon and Newberg picked up 10 to 15 inches by late Monday afternoon. This caused snow to pile up quickly in a small area. You can see that a few lake-enhanced snow bands started converging just north of Milwaukee Monday afternoon. These radar loops span the time from 7 pm Sunday until 3 pm Tuesday (click to enlarge). Light snow overspread southern Wisconsin Sunday evening and tapered off Monday morning. Winds were out of the east. Extra moisture off of the lake enhanced the snowfall totals in many lakeshore areas. Sheboygan, Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha had all reported 6 to 8 inches of snow by 7 am Monday. Inland areas had 3 to 5 inches by 7 am. Here's a graphic showing the snow totals across southern Wisconsin: In fact, the snow total in Madison was only 4.2 inches (a full 7 inches less than in Milwaukee-this really shows you what Lake Effect snow can do!). Places which didn't see the Lake Effect Snow, such as Madison, had much lower totals. The storm total snow in Milwaukee (for all three days), was an impressive 11.2 inches. The previous record was 6.7 inches set in 1972. ![]() ![]() Milwaukee broke its daily maximum snowfall record on 3/13 with 8.7 inches. Snow totals averaged 10 to 15 inches near the Lake, with a few places in Racine county picking up over 20 inches! Amounts tapered off to around 3-4 inches from around Madison west. While we don't often see heavy Lake Effect Snow in southern Wisconsin, this is common in other areas (think Buffalo, NY) during the winter. Impressive snow totals really stacked up over southeast Wisconsin! The snow came from an area of low pressure passing to our south, along with some Lake Effect Snow. Winter Storm Brings Impressive Snow Totals ![]()
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