Extreme Cold Watch, Wisconsin
SevereWind chills as low as 35 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Ended Thursday, January 22, 2026.
Replaced by the Extreme Cold Warning on Thursday, January 22, 10:24 in the morning.
Replaced by the Cold Weather Advisory on Thursday, January 22, 10:24 in the morning.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this watch
- La Crosse
- Onalaska
- Platteville
- Holmen
- Sparta
- Tomah
- Prairie du Chien
- West Salem
- Richland Center
- Viroqua
- Medford
- Mauston
- French Island
- Lancaster
- Arcadia
- Black River Falls
- Boscobel
- Mondovi
- Fennimore
- Neillsville
- Westby
- Abbotsford
- Cuba City
- Brice Prairie
- Colby
- Trempealeau
- Osseo
- Thorp
- Adams
- New Lisbon
- Galesville
- Whitehall
- Independence
- Bangor
- Hillsboro
- Elroy
- Blair
- Muscoda
- Loyal
- Hazel Green
- Cashton
- Strum
- Greenwood
- Dickeyville
- Buffalo City
- Lake Arrowhead
- Rib Lake
- Necedah
- Owen
- Lake Camelot
- Dorchester
- Stoddard
- Lone Rock
- Fountain City
- Cassville
- Rockland
- Wonewoc
- Coon Valley
- Bloomington
- La Farge
- Alma
- Montfort
- Eleva
- Viola
- Friendship
- Camp Douglas
- Potosi
- Livingston
- Wauzeka
- Norwalk
- Dellwood
- Stetsonville
- Merrillan
- Kieler
- Soldiers Grove
- Warrens
- Melrose
- Ontario
- Wilton
- Ettrick
- Gays Mills
- Withee
- Lyndon Station
- St. Joseph
- Alma Center
- Kendall
- Taylor
- Sextonville
- Blue River
- Hixton
- Cochrane
- Granton
- Pigeon Falls
- Gilman
- Readstown
- Cazenovia
- Lake Sherwood
- Bagley
- Eastman
- Tennyson
- Nelson
- De Soto
- Oakdale
- Mission
- Sandy Hook
- Curtiss
- Mindoro
- Sand Pillow
- Humbird
- Chaseburg
- Genoa
- Seneca
- Union Center
- Cataract
- Mount Hope
- Westboro
- Chili
- Arkdale
- Patch Grove
- Ferryville
- Mount Sterling
- Gotham
- Hatfield
- Hustler
- Gilmanton
- Lynxville
- Boaz
- Steuben
- Wyeville
- Dodge
- Woodman
- Lublin
- Millston
- Grand Marsh
- Bell Center
- Chelsea
- Tunnel City
- Whittlesey
- Melvina
- Easton
- Glen Haven
- Waumandee
- Jump River
- Yuba
How much
- Wind chill
- As low as 35 below zero
Map
- This watch
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 to 45 below expected. For the Extreme Cold Watch, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 below possible.
- Where
- Portions of northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central, southwest, and west central Wisconsin.
- When
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, from midnight tonight to noon CST Friday. For the Extreme Cold Watch, from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Updates
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Area expanded. 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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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 20, 2026
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Extreme Cold Watch issued for Friday overnight through Saturday afternoon. January 20, 2026