| Event | Freeze Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Sauk; Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Iowa; Dane; Jefferson; Waukesha; Lafayette; Green; Rock; Walworth |
| Effective | 10/16/2026, 12:29:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 10/16/2026, 8:30:00 AM CDT |
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 12:29AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Details
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected.
* WHERE…Portions of east central, south central, and southeast
Wisconsin.
* WHEN…From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
Instructions
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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