Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Dr. Jonathan Martin said the weather pattern could be reminiscent of the El Niño that hit Madison in the late 1990s.
“Which was extremely warm,” Martin said. “That winter we were able to throw rocks in Lake Mendota in mid-February.”
Martin said with less snow likely that will have an impact on ground water.
“So if you have a snowless wintertime in Madison, you tend to lose a lot of groundwater through evaporation, sublimation. That’s bad for farmers in the spring,” Martin said.