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    When is the first snow in Wisconsin?

    Wisconsin’s first snow usually lands first in Madison, around November 11, and last in Milwaukee, around November 13.

    Wisconsin’s first snow lands in mid-November, and the cheeseheads call it about time.
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    That makes Wisconsin number 15 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Madison forecast for the next 5 days.
    • No. There’s no snow in the Green Bay forecast for the next 5 days.
    • No. There’s no snow in the Milwaukee forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    MadisonNovember 11October 23 to December 6about 51 in
    Green BayNovember 12October 26 to December 2about 55 in
    MilwaukeeNovember 13October 25 to December 5about 50 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    • Pennsylvania: from around November 12 in Scranton
    • Arizona: from around November 9 in Flagstaff
    • Michigan: from around November 9 in Grand Rapids

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.

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