1. Excerpts from Wisconsin’s Weather and Climate Packerland AMS Meeting 16 September 2000
Joe Moran
Univ. of Wisconsin- Green Bay
Ed Hopkins
Univ. of Wisconsin- Madison

2. Did You Know That...
The naturalist John Muir made weather observations at North Hall in the early 1860s?
Eric Miller of the U.S. Weather Bureau Madison City Office had one of the earliest public weather broadcasts in the country from WHA (starting in 1920)?
Wisconsin naturalist Increase A. Lapham (of Milwaukee) is often called the “father of the U.S. Weather Bureau” as he championed it 1870 creation?

3. Did You Know That...
Hilda Goodrich of the Green Bay USWB office, was first woman to run a Weather Bureau Office ( )?

4. Did You Know That...
The first weather observations in Wisconsin were made by the post surgeons at Army Forts in the 1820s?
These observations were at Fort Howard (Green Bay), Fort Crawford (Prairie du Chien) and Fort Winnebago (Portage)?

5. Did You Know That...
More than 200 official observation stations currently collect temperature and precipitation data across Wisconsin on a daily basis?
Jacob Lups and his daughter Johana made nearly continuous daily weather observations at Manitowoc between 1851 & 1933?

6. Did You Know That... The highest temperature recorded in
Wisconsin was 114°F at Wisconsin Dells on 13 July 1936?
Madison was 107°F at North Hall on 14 July 1936 ?
The lowest temperature recorded in
Wisconsin was -55°F near Couderay on 4 February 1996?
Madison was -37°F at Truax Field 30 Jan 1951?

7. History of Madison Weather Observations
The Early Era:
1850s and 1860s: Observations by Professors J. Sterling and S. Carpenter at North Hall and University Hall.
: Observations on Capitol Square by U.S. Army Signal Service.
: Observations by UW Astronomy Dept. at Washburn Observatory.

8. History of Madison Weather Observations (con’t.)
The Modern Era
: Observations on roof of North Hall by U.S. Weather Bureau.
1940-Present: Observations at Dane County Regional Airport (formerly Truax Field) by U.S. Weather Bureau, now known as National Weather Service. [Note: Official climate record for Madison switched from North Hall to Airport about 1948]

9. The Forts Where/Why/When Picture of Ft. Howard Orders from Tilton
Instruments/Instructions
Data Compilation/Distribution

10. Glacial Climates of Wisconsin

11. Weather and the Peshtigo Fire