University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Wisconsin State Climatology Office

Updated: When Will Our Lakes Freeze? Time for Annual CFL “Ice On” Pool

Note, post was originally published 11/28/16 and has been updated to include current conditions.  After a rather balmy Thanksgiving, where nighttime lows still hovered above freezing, our forecast calls for highs in the 30s (Fahrenheit) and lows in the 20s this week, which means it’s the time of year when we try to do the impossible …

Lake Mendota’s Spring Thaw Ties for 2nd Earliest on Record

Yesterday morning I brought breakfast to my daughters at our dining room table, glanced out the window and did a double take. The waters of Lake Monona were a churning mass of brownish bluish green. What had only the night before been a flat sheet of late-winter ice had disappeared, broken up by the unusually …