Wisconsin Land+Water Conservation Association

We are so excited and so pleased to announce that we have not one BUT TWO STATE CHAMPIONS! 🏆🥇

Yesterday, Sutton and Ainsley Pitlik competed at the state conservation speech competition in Wisconsin Dells, and the sisters both finished the day with a first-place trophy. Ainsley won the elementary division and Sutton won the junior division. The competition was held in the morning, and the winners were announced during the Wisconsin Land+Water Conservation Association Annual Conference where the first-place winners had to present their speeches for a final time in front of 500 plus people in attendance.

Congrats, Sutton and Ainsley! Amazing job!!

Brrrr, it's cold out there! But isn't it beautiful? ❄️🌨️

Cold, Cold, Cold

Well… hold on to your... hats. 😉

Our "Extreme Cold Warning" here in Wisconsin kicks in at midnight and runs until 1 pm on Friday.

We’re looking at a low tonight around -16, with a high on Friday near -5, followed by another Friday night low right back around -16. Wind chills tonight are expected to fall between -30 and -40, cold enough that exposed skin can start to freeze in minutes. Tomorrow night, wind chills improve slightly, settling in around -20 to -25.

Balmy.

With that in mind, I found myself wondering how cold it’s gotten in Wisconsin in the fairly recent past. The modern statewide record of -55 was set in Couderay on February 4, 1996. Here in Baraboo, the coldest temperature on record is -45°F, which happened on Tuesday, January 30, 1951. This is without wind chills or "feels like"...

It won’t get much warmer this weekend, either, with a high of about 2 expected on Saturday.

Of course, this is Wisconsin, and some folks will still head out on the trails, and honestly, that's what we do here. Just dress warm, cover exposed skin, and maybe leave the pups at home for this one. 🥶🐾

Stay warm!