Extreme Cold Warning, Wisconsin
SevereWind chills as low as 30 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Ended Saturday, January 24, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this warning
- Milwaukee
- Madison
- Kenosha
- Racine
- Waukesha
- Janesville
- West Allis
- Sheboygan
- Wauwatosa
- Fond du Lac
- Brookfield
- New Berlin
- Menomonee Falls
- Greenfield
- Franklin
- Beloit
- Oak Creek
- Sun Prairie
- West Bend
- Fitchburg
- Mount Pleasant
- Caledonia
- Mequon
- Muskego
- Watertown
- Middleton
- Pleasant Prairie
- Germantown
- South Milwaukee
- Cudahy
- Oconomowoc
- Beaver Dam
- Pewaukee
- Hartford
- Whitefish Bay
- Whitewater
- Waunakee
- Greendale
- Salem Lakes
- Verona
- Shorewood
- Glendale
- Stoughton
- Fort Atkinson
- Baraboo
- Brown Deer
- Port Washington
- Cedarburg
- Grafton
- Richfield
- Sussex
- Waupun
- Oregon
- Burlington
- DeForest
- Monroe
- Portage
- Elkhorn
- Reedsburg
- Hartland
- St. Francis
- McFarland
- Plymouth
- Windsor
- Monona
- Delavan
- Somers
- Lake Geneva
- Mukwonago
- Pewaukee
- Sheboygan Falls
- Ripon
- Jefferson
- Mount Horeb
- Hales Corners
- Cottage Grove
- Delafield
- Jackson
- Fox Point
- Sturtevant
- Elm Grove
- Twin Lakes
- Lake Mills
- Slinger
- Edgerton
- Milton
- Evansville
- Berlin
- Waterford
- Columbus
- North Fond du Lac
- Wind Lake
- Tichigan
- Mayville
- Bristol
- Dodgeville
- Union Grove
- Summit
- Bloomfield
- East Troy
- Lake Wisconsin
- Bayside
- Prairie du Sac
- Kewaskum
- Saukville
- West Milwaukee
- Cross Plains
- Raymond
- Marshall
- Rochester
- Horicon
- Sauk City
- Lake Delton
- Waterloo
- Merton
- Johnson Creek
- Thiensville
- Brodhead
- Yorkville
- Howards Grove
- Lodi
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Oostburg
- Genoa City
- Williams Bay
- Wisconsin Dells
- Paddock Lake
- Wales
- Delavan Lake
- Walworth
- Lomira
- Juneau
- Poynette
- Mineral Point
- Deerfield
- Belleville
- Darlington
- Belgium
- Dousman
- Bohners Lake
- Ixonia
- Como
- Fredonia
- New Glarus
- Clinton
- North Prairie
- Kohler
- Shorewood Hills
- Cedar Grove
- Pardeeville
- Eagle
- Lake Ripley
- Campbellsport
- Browns Lake
- Fall River
- Randolph
- Butler
- Mazomanie
- Palmyra
- Wind Point
- St. Peter
- Cambridge
- West Baraboo
- Fox Lake
- River Hills
- Sharon
- Darien
- Spring Green
- Random Lake
- Brooklyn
- Black Earth
- Big Bend
- Orfordville
- Montello
- Powers Lake
- Markesan
- Maple Bluff
- Lannon
- Barneveld
- Nashotah
- Westfield
- Lauderdale Lakes
- Princeton
- Theresa
- Eagle Lake
- Lake Koshkonong
- Monticello
- Shullsburg
- Ashippun
- Newburg
- Rio
- Dane
- Potter Lake
- Hustisford
- Albany
- Oakfield
- Rosendale
- Green Lake
- Belmont
- Blue Mounds
- Benton
- Elkhart Lake
- Lyons
- Iron Ridge
- Hingham
- Kekoskee
- Eden
- Brandon
- Highland
- Allenton
- Arena
- Arlington
- Blanchardville
- Argyle
- Cambria
- Footville
- Reeseville
- Wyocena
- Rome
- Plain
- Cascade
- Sullivan
- Taycheedah
- Waubeka
- Ridgeway
- North Freedom
- Brownsville
- Neosho
- Oconomowoc Lake
- Avoca
- Mount Calvary
- Oxford
- Bluffview
- Merrimac
- Chenequa
- Elmwood Park
- Lily Lake
- Linden
- Adell
- St. Cloud
- Gibbsville
- Cobb
- Waldo
- Lake Ivanhoe
- Glenbeulah
- South Wayne
- Endeavor
- Neshkoro
- Clyman
- La Valle
- Turtle Lake
- Fairwater
- Juda
- Lake Lorraine
- Rock Springs
- Friesland
- Briggsville
- Lowell
- Hollandale
- Loganville
- Van Dyne
- New Munster
- Lac La Belle
- Kingston
- Doylestown
- Ironton
- Rewey
- Dekorra
- North Lake
- Browntown
- Batavia
- Packwaukee
- Helenville
- Rubicon
- Gratiot
- Burnett
- Dalton
- Hebron
- North Bay
- Rockdale
- Lebanon
- Hanover
- Allens Grove
- Marquette
- Springfield
- Alto
- Greenbush
- Lime Ridge
- Shopiere
- Edmund
- Fulton
- Harrisville
- Wiota
- Woodford
- Big Foot Prairie
- Vernon
- Lisbon
- Waukesha
How much
- Wind chill
- As low as 30 below zero
Map
- This warning
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills between 31 and 35 below. For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 30 below expected.
- Where
- Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Green Lake, Marquette, Dodge, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties.
- When
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, until 6 in the morning early this morning. For the Cold Weather Advisory, from 6 in the morning this morning to noon CST today.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 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 24, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 24, 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. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Extended to Saturday, 6 in the morning. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 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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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Replaces the Extreme Cold Watch. January 21, 2026