About

The Wisconsin State Climatology Office (SCO) advances regional climate science in support of a wide range of communities, businesses, and agencies within Wisconsin and the Midwest. The SCO is part of UW–Madison’s Rural Partnerships Institute, a campuswide organization supporting Wisconsin’s rural and Tribal communities.

Our office is housed within the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, the Division of Extension, and the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The SCO’s mission is to provide climate services that help Wisconsinites use weather and climate information most effectively.

These services are centered around three elements:

• Information: providing users with reliable weather and climate information
• Interpretation: assisting users in how to understand and apply this information
• Investigation: conducting basic and applied research on Wisconsin’s climate

This work is supported by the Institute for Rural Partnerships, project award no. 2023-70500-38915, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.