The blizzard still impacting Northern Wisconsin brought record snowfall totals to some areas, most to the south or east of Rhinelander.
Wausau broke the record for daily snowfall. Before Sunday, the record snowfall in one day was on February 12, 2019 when it picked up 15.7″ of snow. By Sunday afternoon it already had more than 19 inches of snow.
The Blizzard warning for northern Wisconsin is still in effect until 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 16th.
Phil Kurimski with the National Weather Service Green Bay gave a briefing Sunday afternoon.
“Even though we do start to taper off in the snow, those winds are still going to be a solid around 40 to 50 miles an hour, “said Kurimski. “As I said, that snow kind of transitions to lighter and fluffier stuff, that wind will pick up anything that's fallen since [Sunday afternoon].”
The high winds and light snow create whiteout conditions.
It’s one of the reasons the Wisconsin Department of Transportation issued do not travel advisories for all of northern Wisconsin Sunday afternoon.
“Normally, I'd say the Monday morning commute is going to be treacherous and very, very, very bad, but I'm not thinking there's going to be a lot of people out. So hopefully it won't be bad, just because there won't be people traveling,” said Kurimski.
Closures or delayed openings started coming in Friday afternoon for Monday, March 16:
Schools
Nicolet Area Technical College closed Monday, March 16th
North Central Technical College closed Monday, March 16th
Rhinelander School District Buildings including the Hodag Dome closed Monday
Northland Pines Closed Monday, March 16- Middle and High School will be virtual.
Antigo Schools - Closed Monday, March 16
Crandon Schools - Closed Monday, March 16
Phelps School District including daycare and offices Closed Monday, March 16th
Wabeno - closed
Elcho School Closed Monday, March 16th
Goodman-Armstrong Creek Closed Monday, March 16
White Lake School District - Closed Monday
Merrill -closed
Mercer Schools Closed Monday, March 16
Tomahawk - Virtual Learning Day, Monday March 16
Christ Lutheran School- Canceled Monday, March 16th
Chequamegon School District closed Monday, March 16
School District of Florence County, closed Monday, March 16th, 2026
Community Services
All Aspirus Hospitals remain operational with 24/7 Emergency Care available. Some clinic appointments and elective or non-urgent procedures have been rescheduled and impacted patients are being contacted.
The following Aspirus Clinic locations are closed Monday, March 16:
- Adams
- Amherst
- Crandon
- Crystal Falls
- Eagle River
- Elcho
- Iola
- Iron River
- Marathon
Oxford
The following Aspirus Clinics are altering their hours of operation today:
Prentice (Opening at Noon)
Rhinelander City Hall will open at noon on Monday, March 16, 2026.
Vilas County Courthouse and Circuit Court closed on Monday, March 16
Marathon County Facilities and Departments closed to walk-in traffic on Monday, March 16th
Lincoln County has the service center, solid waste department and health and human services. although the courthouse and sheriff's office remain open
Minocqua Public Library will be closed on Monday, March 16
Rhinelander Area Food Pantry- Closed on Monday, March 16.
T.B. Scott Free Library will be closed on Monday, March 16
All Sokaogon Chippewa Community offices including the clinic will be closed tomorrow, Monday, March 16th.
All Lac du Flambeau Tribal offices and programs will be closed on Monday.
All Forest County Potawatomi Government buildings will be closed Monday, March 16, 2026.
