Weather Radio All Hazards
A weather radio is a “smoke detector for severe weather and hazardous conditions.” Every family and business needs one.
- A NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards with an alarm and battery back-up is one of the best ways to protect your family
- The alarm feature can wake you up during severe weather and give you and your family time to seek appropriate shelter
- A NOAA Weather Radio is a 24-hour source of weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and non-weather emergency information provided by the National Weather Service
- If there is no severe weather then your weather radio can be switched to a silent, stand-by mode
How to purchase a weather radio
- You can buy your radio at most electronic stores
- Weather radios come in many sizes, with a variety of functions and costs
- Most weather radio receivers are either battery-operated portables or AC-powered desktop models with battery backup
- The portable weather radios are an important item to take along when you’re enjoying the outdoors such as camping and boating
- Look for Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) technology that allows you to program your radio to alarm only for hazardous conditions that affect your county
Special Needs Radios
- Your weather radio can be adapted to meet special needs such as those of the hearing impaired
- Flashing light
- Bed shaker
- Siren
Click here to learn more about the NOAA Weather Radio for the deaf or hearing impaired
Radio Programming
The following charts provides information on how to program your weather radio
| Transmitter | Office | ID | FREQ | Notes: | |
| 1a | Milwaukee | Sullivan | KEC-60 | 162.400 MHZ | |
| 2a | Madison | Sullivan | WXJ-87 | 162.550 MHZ | |
| 3a | Fond Du Lac | Sullivan | WWG-87 | 162.500 MHZ | State Funded |
| 4a | Sheboygan | Sullivan | WWG-91 | 162.525 MHZ | State Funded Half Power Transmitter |
| 5a | Janesville | Sullivan | WWG-90 | 162.425 MHZ | State Funded Half Power Transmitter |
| 6a | Racine | Sullivan | KZZ-76 | 162.450 MHZ | State Funded Half Power Transmitter |
| 7a | Baraboo | Sullivan | KHA-47 | 162.450 MHZ | Half Power Transmitter |
| 1b | Bloomington | La Crosse | WWG-86 | 162.500 MHZ | State Funded |
| 2b | Pleasant Ridge | La Crosse | WWG-89 | 162.475 MHZ | State Funded Half Power Transmitter |
| 3b | Black River Falls | La Crosse | WNG-564 | 162.500 MHZ | Half Power Transmitter |
| 4b | La Crosse | La Crosse | WXJ-86 | 162.550 MHZ | |
| 5b | Rochester | La Crosse | WXK-41 | 162.475 MHZ | |
| 6b | Withee | La Crosse | KZZ-77 | 162.425 MHZ | State Funded |
| 7b | Winona | La Crosse | KGG-95 | 162.425 MHZ | Half Power Transmitter |
| 1c | DoorCounty | Green Bay | WXN-69 | 162.425 MHZ | State Funded |
| 2c | Green Bay | Green Bay | KIG-65 | 162.550 MHZ | |
| 3c | Crandon | Green Bay | WWG-88 | 162.450 MHZ | State Funded |
| 4c | Wausau | Green Bay | WXJ-89 | 162.475 MHZ | |
| 5c | Wausaukee | Green Bay | WNG-553 | 162.400 MHZ | |
| 6c | Rhinelander | Green Bay | WNG-565 | 162.400 MHZ | |
| 7c | New London | Green Bay | WNG-552 | 162.525 MHZ | |
| 8c | Coloma | Green Bay | WWF-40 | 162.400 MHZ | State Funded |
| 1d | Chicago | Chicago | KWO-39 | 162.550 MHZ | |
| 2d | Rockford | Chicago | KZZ-57 | 162.475 MHZ | |
| 3d | Crystal Lake | Chicago | KXI-41 | 162.500 MHZ | Half Power Transmitter |
| 1e | Dubuque | Davenport | WXL-64 | 162.400 MHZ | |
| 2e | Freeport | Davenport | KZZ-56 | 162.450 MHZ | Half Power Transmitter |
| 1f | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | KEC-65 | 162.550 MHZ | |
| 2f | Menomonie | Minneapolis | WXJ-88 | 162.400 MHZ | |
| 3f | Ladysmith | Minneapolis | WNG-577 | 162.550 MHZ | |
| 1g | Duluth | Duluth | KIG-64 | 162.550 MHZ | |
| 2g | ParkFalls | Duluth | WXM-91 | 162.500 MHZ | State Funded |
| 3g | Webster | Duluth | KZZ-79 | 162.475 MHZ | State Funded |
| 4g | Ashland | Duluth | KZZ-78 | 162.525 MHZ | State Funded |
| 5g | Pine City | Duluth | WNG-678 | 162.425 MHZ | |