MADISON, Wis. – With just a few days left of 2025, let’s take a look back at some of the notable weather, climate and space events that occurred across southern Wisconsin throughout the year.
January started off the year with a blast of Arctic air that sent high temperatures into the single digits and sent overnight lows well below zero. This blast of Arctic air began the night of January 18th and lasted through January 23rd.
The coldest high temperature during this time was a mere 2 degrees on January 21st with overnight lows dipping between -10 and -15. Additionally, wind chill values were nearing -40 degrees waking up on January 21st.
While the cold temperatures may of made it feel like winter across southern Wisconsin, the strong high pressure systems that brought down and reinforced the cold air kept the snow away. Normally picking up just shy of 14″ of snow throughout January, the Madison area only picked up 1.9″. The lack of snow would help the drought conditions develop later in 2025.January 2025 would go on to be Wisconsin’s third driest on record.
February had not one but two snow storms move through southern Wisconsin within days of each other, which was then followed by a short blast of cold air…