"I don't think most are prepared...." Oh, we're prepared. It's a Wisconsin thing.The most Wisconsin thing I’ve seen in my life. https://t.co/UVmUaa1PD5 pic.twitter.com/TX8J3ZKU6N
— Kyle Malzhan (@KyleMalzhan) March 9, 2026
March 10, 2026
The most Wisconsin thing.
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That would be March, essentially anywhere in the Upper Midwest. I grew up in Wisconsin and now live across the St. Croix. We get something like this 9 years out of 10.
Happens all the time in Nebraska. That’s why we have tornadoes.
The USA Midwest: The only place on Earth with flat land (no barrier mountains) all the way from the Arctic to the tropics.
I respect those of you who live there, but...it's not fun...
Washed the cars yesterday to get ahead of the 11 degF low coming on Friday.
Remember when banks used to have signs showing time and temperature? I remember driving north from Victoria Tx when a blue norther came through, and as I drove there was a line of banks stretching down the road, and into the distance you could see the front blowing in as the temperatures plummeted on all the signs, 35°F in about 10 minutes.
In like a lion, out like a lamb.
Just who are these two people? I had to look them up. Luke Sampe is a meteorologist at WFRV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Kyle Malzhan is a sportscaster at the same station.
I’ve long maintained that the very lowest spot on the celebrity list is held by the TV weatherman in Utica, New York. Do I need to revise that in favor of the TV weatherman in Green Bay, Wisconsin? Perhaps not. The sportscaster in Green Bay would definitely rate higher on the celebrity list than the sportscaster in Utica.
What’s the line between the two temperatures mean? Day range, current and next hour (direction by color)?
Well, 70 degrees on March 9 is not a very Wisconsin thing. The rest is pretty much what Wisconsin is, as far as I can tell.
Extra-cold weather produces warm weather. They're a pair. Cold air moving south requires warm air moving north somewhere else, lest air pile up or disappear somewhere.
Well Florida has turned out to have way more variety to it's weather than I expected when I moved from SoCal in January 2024. Since then we've had multiple freezes, it's snowed twice and the humidity, which every single family member warned me about, has been much easier to deal with than the 100+ temperatures for months out west (especially when we lived in Palm Springs!)..
Meh, happens in Michigan all the freaking time. One day your mowing your snow covered driveway, the next your snowblowing your lawn.
80 degrees in DC today and Wednesday. 35 degrees forecast for Thursday night.
Meh.
@Mike (MJB Wolf):
Florida rapidly returns to the inherent sun exposure (angle) of the latitude. The water nearby is naturally warm, as moving in the south or from the south -- stuck in the Caribbean and Gulf. Cold air is a temporary visitor from the north. In summer, the high humidity forces afternoon rain (and/or hurricanes).
CA, NV, and AZ are literal deserts. Go higher in the mountains and it's great during the summer.
True, Enigma. I grew up there and spent 60 years in SoCal. We had a cabin in Blue Jay and took full advantage of the cool mountain weather. Our last house in Grand Terrace had a hill shading it after 4pm and got awesome breezes, on a hill, that made it more livable during summers. And a pool.
"boatbuilder said...
Well, 70 degrees on March 9 is not a very Wisconsin thing. The rest is pretty much what Wisconsin is, as far as I can tell."
We went from 70F to 26F in one day....in February this year.
Heh, this Iowa/Wisconsin thing is also happening in Kentucky. Wednesday's forecast high is 75 with rain and risk of severe storms. The low Thursday morning is forecast as 35.
People around here still talk about it snowing on The Derby. I suspect that was a strong Canadian cold front blowing what was essentially lake effect snow off the Ohio.
Same here in Cincinnati. Aside from the 70 high, the swings are normal.
I admire you hardy people! (from afar).
The most drastic change in temperature in the Chicago occurred in July back in the 70's. Beautiful sunny hot summer day one minute, 50F drop the next. I was at baseball practice, all sweaty of course, then freezing my ass off. They ended practice, and I had to ride home on my bike.
I thought the Brandy Old-Fashioned was the most Wisconsin thing ever. But as a resident of the Northwest Chicago suburbs we are getting something similar but to a lesser degree which I guess means more degrees.
"I thought the Brandy Old-Fashioned was the most Wisconsin thing ever."
Yup. Served at a supper club. With a walleye.
@Curious George on Chicago weather:
The Lake Michigan effect looms over the city and the weather splits between West | East. Go to a Cubs game and there may be a giant, huge, gray wall of clouds out over the lake. But sunny here. Fly into O'Hare on a regional plane and the plane...leaves planet Earth for the Twilight Zone or the afterlife...when sent over the lake in a holding pattern.
We're supposed to go from 87 Wed to 29 Thur night.
Vegas forecast is 81 today rising to 99 next week. I live on the surface of the Sun.
Where I live, there's a word for a 10-day forecast like that: normal. For early spring, that is exactly what we always expect because that is what we always get.
And in my "Old South" location Florida the lows a week out in Wisconsin translate to a high temp of only 62° here. The Global Cooling struggle is real.
Pretty sure the most Wisconsin thing anyone has ever seen before involves cheese, beer and the Packers.
Curious George,
In Spring 1971 I walked to my girlfriend’s house in shorts and a tank top. It was in the mid 70’s and sunny. Several hours later, I walked back home (a bit over a mile) and there were snow flurries.
That is Chicago for ya.
So when do we get to the lamb part in Winsconsin?
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blue_Norther_of_November_11,_1911
Localities set record tempreatures for heat and cold in the same day.
We're spending a couple of months in Kansas City and dealing with the same thing. Cold and tornado warnings last week. Sunny and an expected high of 83 today. Cold again (20/38) expected on Monday.
It kind of helps me re-appreciated the consistent cold and snow of the Northeast.
Vegas forecast is 81 today rising to 99 next week. I live on the surface of the Sun.
104 in Phoenix next week, after one of the driest, warmest winters I can recall. It's been great for tourism and outdoor activities, but bad for the farmers and others who depend on our scarce water.
As others pointed out above, in Arizona you only have to drive a couple of hours up to the mountains, at a mile and a half higher elevation, and it's 30 degrees cooler and lush and green. Summer in the Arizona high country is delightful.
Back in 2000, I took my 12 and 13 year old Irish twins up to Wisconsin to go to the big Oshkosh Airshow, camping for the week. Leaving Milwaukee in the morning and driving to Oshkosh, one of my Texas raise boys said: "It's so green!" as TX in the summer is sort of olive drab in comparison. I said "That's because six months ago it was so white."
Yay! It's the beginning of mud season
“ Well, 70 degrees on March 9 is not a very Wisconsin thing. The rest is pretty much what Wisconsin is, as far as I can tell.”
What is a Wisconsin thing isn’t March 9 in particular but the popping up of a random warm day with cold days around it. You can expect that you have to look up what the temperature actually is to know how to dress. You might need your winter coat and a hat and gloves or you might be able to go out in a T-shirt and even shorts. People around here enjoy that and revel in it. And by around here, I mean on the University of Wisconsin campus.
What I like about the forecast in the image in the post is all those snow days. If it were a little warmer, that would be cold rain. I expect the snow to be great. I love to go out in the snow. You don’t get wet.
Hassayamper said...
Vegas forecast is 81 today rising to 99 next week. I live on the surface of the Sun.
104 in Phoenix next week,
When it gets too hot here in Silicon Valley, I check in with relatives in LV and Sun City West. too, cold, I check AA blogspot. Helps put things in perspective.
"That's because six months ago it was so white."
Democrats dream of saying this. CC, JSM
I prefer Ireland where a 10 degree change is normal and sometimes the high is the same as the low. Cool and pleasant all the time, seldom cold or hot.
In Florida (or my corner of it) we'll get that few days of cool air in early October, but we know that we have at least two, maybe three weeks of summer left to endure. We're back in the 90s for a day right now. Then rain (please!) and some relief.
Works for me. I'm headed up to the UP on Saturday to go skiing. That will be my last ski trip so it can go right into 50s&60s after that. Spoiler alert, it won't.
I was born in California because my Midwestern parents spent a few winters in San Diego during the Korean Police Action.
It actually rained here in PHX/Mesa yesterday and it's only like 75 today! Which is fairly normal actually (except the rain). As WI gets cold, we heat up. Thank you for your sacrifice.
@Old and slow: I prefer Ireland where a 10 degree change is normal and sometimes the high is the same as the low.
I've lived in a similar never-changing, never-very-warm climate in the Pacific Northwest. It can be grinding because it's so hard to warm up. The body has a strange tendency of magnifying 10 degree changes, whereby even 50F or 80F is uncomfortable. Some people would take vacations inland to get "hot" for a while.
You see people in down jackets when the temps get to the 40s.
"Vegas forecast is 81 today rising to 99 next week. I live on the surface of the Sun."
I lived in Phoenix for seven years, I can relate.
I've lived in a similar never-changing, never-very-warm climate in the Pacific Northwest.
For the most of the year, yes. However, when it reaches triple digits (as it has several times over the past few summers (including three-straight days approaching 110)), it can be 102 in Olympia and 58 in Aberdeen ... 45 minutes west.
Pervasive climate change forced by a perpetual thermodynamic engine. We experience the same range in our neck of the middle longitudinal woods.
Snowflakes falling on my tongue is one of my favorite things... and then I don't feel so glum.
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