Extreme Cold Warning, Wisconsin
SevereWind chills as low as 45 below zero, wind chills as low as 35 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Ended Friday, January 23, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this warning
- Eau Claire
- Menomonie
- River Falls
- Hudson
- Chippewa Falls
- New Richmond
- Rice Lake
- Altoona
- Lake Hallie
- Prescott
- Baldwin
- Stanley
- North Hudson
- Barron
- Bloomer
- Ellsworth
- Ladysmith
- Somerset
- Amery
- Lake Wissota
- Osceola
- Tainter Lake
- Cumberland
- St. Croix Falls
- Chetek
- Roberts
- Hammond
- Cameron
- Durand
- Augusta
- Seymour
- Cadott
- Cornell
- Fall Creek
- Spring Valley
- Woodville
- Glenwood City
- Colfax
- Frederic
- Boyceville
- Clear Lake
- Luck
- Turtle Lake
- Elk Mound
- Milltown
- Dresser
- Balsam Lake
- Centuria
- Elmwood
- Bruce
- Pepin
- Almena
- Star Prairie
- Boyd
- Plum City
- New Auburn
- Clayton
- Prairie Farm
- Knapp
- Fairchild
- Bay City
- Houlton
- Dallas
- Hager City
- Hawkins
- Wheeler
- Haugen
- Sheldon
- Ridgeland
- Deer Park
- Holcombe
- Downing
- Weyerhaeuser
- Jim Falls
- Wilson
- Arkansaw
- Downsville
- Diamond Bluff
- Rock Falls
- Emerald
- Maiden Rock
- Tony
- Barronett
- Glen Flora
- Conrath
- Lewis
- Stockholm
- Ingram
How much
- Wind chill
- As low as 45 below zero
Map
- This warning
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 below expected. For the Cold Weather Advisory, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 below expected.
- Where
- Portions of south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and west central Wisconsin.
- When
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, until noon CST today. For the Cold Weather Advisory, from noon today to midnight CST tonight.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Updates
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Allowed to end on time. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. Now also replaces the Extreme Cold Watch. January 22, 2026
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Extended to Friday, noon. January 22, 2026
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Extreme Cold Warning issued for Thursday night through Friday morning. January 21, 2026