Here Are Wisconsin’s 10 Worst Snow Storms

Winter of 1881
2-4 Feet, across southern Wisconsin. Milwaukee had drifts up to 20 feet high.

November 1940
50-80 MPH winds it shut down a the Midwest from Minnesota to Chicago

November 1943
10-12 Inches, not that much you think. But the fact it was ice made it nearly impossible to clean.

January 1947
Maybe the longest lasting blizzard in Wisconsin history, 18-27 inches and drifts up to 15 feet high.

November 1975
10-14 inches of snow with hurricane force winds in northern Wisconsin. This is the storm that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald

March 1997
Most of the state received about 12 inches, but Hurley Wisconsin received a record 278 inches this winter.

January 1999
Some parts of the state received 20 inches, combined with incredible winds we saw drifts up to 8 feet high.

February 2007
Two storms hit the Western part of the state, the first dropping 15 inches, the second dropping up to 12 inches.

February 2008
10-21 inches, and causing a series of accidents that caused motorist to spend the night in their vehicles on the highway.

March 2011
Parts of the state received 12-18 inches, Green Bay received 17.8 inches.