| Event | Freeze Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Menominee; Marathon; Shawano; Wood; Portage; Waupaca; Outagamie; Brown; Kewaunee; Waushara; Winnebago; Calumet; Manitowoc; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County |
| Effective | 10/16/2026, 12:51:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 10/16/2026, 12:00:00 PM CDT |
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 12:51AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Green Bay WI
Details
* WHAT…Freezing or sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32
expected.
* WHERE…Portions of central, east central, and northeast 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The warmest low temperatures will be from
Appleton and Oshkosh east to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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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