Climate in Verona

Verona shares Dane County's humid, four-season climate and Wisconsin's real statewide hazard profile, where cold wave -- not tornado -- is the state's single highest Expected-Annual-Loss risk.

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A humid, four-season Dane County climate

Verona shares the same warm summers and genuinely cold, snowy winters (~51.8 inches of annual snowfall, per this project's own Madison, WI research) documented across Dane County and the wider Madison metro.

Wisconsin's real cold-wave and tornado risk

Cold wave/extreme-winter-weather exposure is genuinely Wisconsin's single highest Expected-Annual-Loss hazard. A real, dated April 17, 2026 tornado outbreak prompted a Governor-declared state of emergency (April 15, 2026), and a real July 27, 2026 severe thunderstorm/tornado event struck northern into eastern Wisconsin.

No documented isthmus-specific flood risk

Unlike Madison's own documented August 2018 isthmus flood event, Verona carries no comparable documented lakeshore/isthmus flood history -- confirm current, address-specific FEMA flood-zone status directly for any target property.

Key takeaways

Verona shares Dane County's humid, four-season climate with ~51.8 inches of annual snow.
Wisconsin's real cold-wave hazard is the state's single highest Expected-Annual-Loss risk, not tornado.
Real, dated April and July 2026 tornado/severe-thunderstorm events affected Wisconsin statewide.
No comparable documented isthmus-specific flood risk applies to Verona, unlike Madison itself.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-27. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.