Late Season Winter Storm Hits Southern & Eastern Wisconsin

Sunday, March 26th, 2023 -- 10:59 AM

A strong area of low pressure lifted northeast across the Great Lakes, bringing a swath of heavy snow to southern and eastern Wisconsin on Saturday.

Initially, the surface low was forecast to track northeast across southern Illinois and central Indiana, with a west to east band of snowfall. However, as the event unfolded, the surface low tracked further northwest across northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. This allowed the band of heavy snow to shift to the west and become oriented more southwest to northeast, with the highest amounts centered from southwest of Madison to north of Green Bay.

The snow piled up quickly due to impressive snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour on Saturday morning, leading to difficult travel and a few isolated power outages. Green Bay, Appleton, Madison and Milwaukee all saw one day record snowfall amounts for March 25th during this event. Officailly, the National Weather Service Office in Green Bay reported 9.5 inches of snow Saturday and in Appleton WGBA-TV reported 14.5 inches. The National Weather Service Office in Milwaukee reported 8.9 inches and Madison reported 12.1 inches. Public reports to the National Weather Services Offices ranged up to 21 inches southwest of Kimberly in Outagamie County.

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