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Climate disasters

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like flooding and storms

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are on the rise

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across the state

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resulting in added human

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and financial costs.

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A new report projects

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we'll see more intense storms

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into the future and

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more rapid shifts between

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very wet and

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very hot conditions.

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I think last week's

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severe weather outbreak

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is a combination of

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random weather variability

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i.e., bad luck, in this case

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and also climate change.

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The climate change fingerprints

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are on it because

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climate change favors

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the warm, humid air masses

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that we saw out of season.

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We typically don't hit

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80 degrees and

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have humid weather

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in the middle of April.

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But if we do

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we have the fuel

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that generates severe storms.

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Your report said something

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that stood out, it was

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March used to be part of winter

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but now it's part of spring.

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Yeah, and that's an interesting

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new finding that came out of

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the State Climatology Office.

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The reason we talk about it

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that way is that

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in the past

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starting in most of the

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20th century

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the majority of time

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in Wisconsin

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March was below freezing

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below 32 degrees.

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Recently

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in the past decade or so

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that's flipped.

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Now we spend the majority

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of March above freezing.

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That has big consequences

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in terms of whether

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we get rain or snow.

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If we get snow

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how long it sticks around

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and winter lake ice

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melts in the spring.