GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – “As far as winter months go, this February will definitely go into the record books.”
Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jeff Last of the National Weather Service’s Green Bay branch says Green Bay’s unseasonably warm February has shattered multiple local records.
Last says the 65 degree temperature recorded on February 22 was the warmest Green Bay has ever seen in February. The previous high was 61 degrees in late February 2000.
According to Last, this year was also the first time Green Bay has had five straight February days with high temperatures north of 50 degrees.
While local February highs typically hover in the 20’s and 30’s, Last says there was a two-week stretch in the middle of this month where readings were consistenly in the 40’s and 50’s.
Through February’s first 26 days, Last says above normal temperatures were recorded 21 times.
Despite the unusual February temps, Last says Green Bay likely hasn’t seen the last of winter weather.
While he says nothing is imminent, Last notes the possibility of Northeast Wisconsin encountering multiple snow episodes yet this winter, as the beginning of March appears to be bringing a more active weather pattern.
Last reminds that some of the area’s largest snowstorms have come in the month of March.
He says it’s possible that consistent spring temperatures won’t arrive until late April.
