--- description: Hamlet of Gile got 48.3 inches in two days alone title: Winter Storm Brings 4 Feet of Snow to Wisconsin image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Winter Storm Brings 4 Feet of Snow to Wisconsin by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2014 10:57 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2014 10:57 AM CUT A winter storm [locking the U.S. in an unseasonable freeze](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hopes-warm-remain-frozen-arctic-air-parks-over-u-s-n248331 "undefined") has buried parts of Wisconsin in more than four feet of snow, meteorologists said Friday. The hamlet of Gile, which is located near the Michigan state line, has been walloped with a rare 48.3 inches in the past two days alone. “There were some pretty high totals up there but this area in particular is certainly an anomaly,” said Michael Palmer, lead forecaster at [The Weather Channel](http://www.weather.com/maps/activity/ski/ussnowfallforecast%5Flarge.html?clip=undefined®ion=undefined&collection=localwxforecast&presname=undefined "undefined"). “It’s amazing. It’s just amazing how much has come so fast,” Gile resident Peg Sutherland [told the St. Paul Pioneer Press](http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci%5F26933571/wisconsin-town-gets-4-feet-snow-since-monday "undefined")… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/winter-storm-brings-four-feet-snow-wisconsin-freeze-continues-n248381?cid=par-time-article%5F20141114 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3585331/winter-weather-forecast-snow-wisconsin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3585331/winter-weather-forecast-snow-wisconsin/"},"headline":"Winter Storm Brings 4 Feet of Snow to Wisconsin","datePublished":"2014-11-14T10:57:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:26:30.746Z","description":"Hamlet of Gile got 48.3 inches in two days alone","url":"https://time.com/3585331/winter-weather-forecast-snow-wisconsin/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3585331/winter-weather-forecast-snow-wisconsin/","name":"Winter Storm Brings 4 Feet of Snow to Wisconsin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See What You Missed This Week","description":"Here are four of the biggest stories for the second week of November.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VmCGKpJz/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-14T16:05:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VmCGKpJz.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3585331/winter-weather-forecast-snow-wisconsin/","duration":"PT1M19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3585331/winter-weather-forecast-snow-wisconsin/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```