Wisconsin communities grapple with lost tourism revenue due to unusually warm winter

This winter was the warmest winter that the Great Lake states have experienced in the past 123 years, according to Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences professor Johnathan Martin.

These temperatures follow a long-term trend that favors warmer temperatures for all seasons, but, winter has warmed the most since records began in the late nineteenth century, according to the Wisconsin State Climatologist Steve Vavrus.

Considering that much of Wisconsin relies on winter to sustain local businesses, these warm temperatures caused a lack of tourism, which had a detrimental effect on the economy, according to Wisconsin Public Radio.