Wisconsin Cities Call Snow Emergencies After Record-Setting Snowfall

Wisconsinites are no strangers to snow, but the winter storm that moved through part of the state this weekend has piled on enough snow to break a decade-long record.

In particular, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties experienced up to 10 inches of snow, combining with an existing snowfall to surpass 15 inches in some areas, the National Weather Service confirmed to the Star Tribune on Sunday (January 31).

"That's more snow than we've seen in a decade," Chris Stumpf of the National Weather Service in Sullivan confirmed.

January turned out to be a record-setting month in the area.

“Milwaukee had 23.3" of snow in January...the most in January since 2005!” National Weather Service Milwaukee tweeted on Monday (February 1). “Another fun fact: While Milwaukee currently has it's highest snow depth in 10 years (16"), the maxsnow depth for the calendar year of 2020 was only 5". This was the lowest in a year since 1953!”

The City of Milwaukee declared a snow emergency that began Sunday and will remain in effect through Wednesday morning (February 3).

The City of Madison also declared a snow emergency. That emergency will remain in effect through Tuesday morning (February 2).

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