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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1977
Page
4
The first snow and frost report of the season notes heavy November snows created a protective insulation that greatly reduced frost penetration in Madison. Snow averaged seven inches by early December, the deepest early December snow cover since 1961, according to the Statistical Reporting Service crop and weather report.
National Weather Service records show Eau Claire’s week of Dec 14 20 likely two inches of snow cover with two inches average frost depth statewide on Dec 2. Frost depths vary by region with northern Wisconsin deepest, southern areas reporting light frost and snow, November grading as snowy with Spooner at 11 below zero.
Regions in west central Wisconsin face early winter with subzero readings across five counties. Polk, Barron, Trempealeau, Pierce and Jackson logged 24 to 20 below, while snow accumulations ranged from six inches in Trempealeau to 11 inches in Eau Claire. Highs remained near zero in several counties.
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