Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall This Week

A significant heat wave continues for the Rockies, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, peaking in intensity through midweek and lingering across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest until this weekend. Excessive rainfall my bring life-threatening and locally catastrophic flash and urban flooding across portions of southwestern Texas through early Friday. Read More >

Updated 7/13/26

2026 Update: It's been an active tornado year so far across Wisconsin with 39 documented tornadoes, which ties it with last year (2025) for the 6th most in an entire year since 1950. 2005 (62), 2010 (46), 2024 (45), 1980 (43), 2021 (41), 2025 (39) are the top 6 years for most documented tornadoes. 3 EF-3s, 2 EF-2s, 20 EF1s, 13 EF0s and 1 EF Unknown (U) level tornadoes have been documented across the state. On average, Wisconsin has 23 tornadoes that occur throughout the full year.