Winter in Wisconsin

Written by Tony

Friday, 18 February 2011

Well, winter is dying down here but I have friends and others that are wondering what winter in Wisconsin is really like.

Well, it's pretty simple:

Any temperature above 20 in January is "warm" or even "hot."
When it's sunny out, it's cold.
When it's cloudy out, it is snowing or will snow.
When we get to February, the cold spells last a little less time. Also, a groundhog gives a meaningless prediction that either makes us feel happy or more sad but he's no weather expert really. This is merely a distraction.
By the end of February, it starts getting warm again, which means 40 degrees.
Snow melts in March... usually. I like to say that until it's June, it could snow at any moment.
It's kind of miserable until May (rain) and then the flowers bloom and stuff.

Of course, I'm a skier, so the best conditions are something like 20-25 degrees and sunny with lots of snow or 20-25 degrees, cloudy with snow coming down like crazy! I'd rather have it hot but if you dress for the cold, you can have a lot of fun in it.

-Tony