2010 was a relatively normal year weather-wise in Wisconsin, although there were a few stand out events — including an unusually muggy summer and a rare October cyclone.
Jonathan Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor and Chair of the Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, says overall it was pretty average year. But he notes that the Wisconsin summer was quite muggy, there were more tornadoes than usual, and there was a pretty remarkable cyclone- or low pressure system– in late October that scientists will be studying for quite awhile.