National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

The December 2012 monthly climate summaries for Milwaukee and Madison have been posted, see the links below:

Milwaukee WI Monthly Climate Summary

Madison WI Monthly Climate Summary

A few highlights from December 2012 include:

• a very unseasonably warm first four days;
• a major winter storm and blizzard on Dec. 19 to Dec. 20; and
• a snow event that produced 3 to 6 inches on Dec. 28 - Dec. 29, which affected mostly south central and east central Wisconsin.

The images below show the departure from average temperature, the accumulated precipitation, and the percent of normal precipitation for the month of December 2012. Click each map for a larger version. Maps courtesy of the Midwest Regional Climate Center.