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Wisconsin Faces Antarctic-Level Freeze

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

February 1, 2019

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Wisconsin suffered record-breaking cold this week, with an influx of frigid air that atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Jon Martin says was “dug out” from from the arctic by the jet stream. Martin says that weather snaps like these--including a 50-degree temperature swing in a matter of days--are unusual but not unprecedented. “Weird things happen,” he says.

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