Marinette County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Marinette County: 3.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jun 15, 2022Tornado$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado formed at 6:31 pm CDT near Silver Cliff in western Marinette County and tracked northeast before dissipating at 6:35 pm. Total path length is estimated to be 1.9007 miles long, with a width of 375 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 112 mph.

2. Mar 28, 2004Flood, Southern Marinette$406,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Warm temperatures late in the month produced a significant, rapid snow melt causing many rivers to rise to near flood stage. On the 28th rainfall amounts of up to an inch fell over the saturated ground and led to even higher river levels.Spring Brook in the city of Antigo (Langlade co.) was already starting to flood before the rain began there. The flooding reached its peak around 7 pm or 8 pm on the 28th and was the worst the city had experienced in 40 years. The Red Cross and National Guard were called into Antigo to help emergency workers. Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes and many roads had to be closed, including highway 45 south of Antigo. Damage from the…

3. Jun 23, 2002Flash Flood$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorms developed along the same east to west stationary front resulting in flash flooding over central and southern Marinette county during the night. There were reports of some minor road washouts and basement flooding. 4.81 inches of rain fell in Porterfield and 4.35 inches of rain was reported in Crivitz, all in about 5 hours.Lightning from the storms struck a tree at a scout camp on Crystal Lake (Oneida co.) and traveled through the ground, injuring two 13 year old boys in their tent. One of the boys suffered serious burns and blurred vision. The other boy suffered less severe burns.

4. May 12, 2022Flash Flood$131,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several rounds of thunderstorms dumped upwards of 7 inches of rain over southern Marinette County during the evening hours. This caused damage to area roads, bridges, culverts, and parks across the southern part of the county. The hardest hit areas were the town of Beaver, Pound, Grover, Peshtigo, and the villages of Coleman and Pound.

5. Jul 19, 2019Thunderstorm Wind$125,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Crivitz.

6. Aug 19, 2011Tornado$110,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado quickly developed northwest of the city of Wausaukee during the late afternoon and moved southeast for nearly eight miles before dissipating. The twister touched down near Long Lake, snapping or uprooting hundreds of trees (DI 28, DOD 3, 4) as it moved toward Wausaukee. A mobile home near Long Lake was heavily damaged by fallen trees, but the occupants escaped without injury. As the tornado moved into Wausaukee, it leveled another mobile home (DI 3, DOD 7), killing a 46 year old male. Two additional buildings on the property sustained damage, including a house that lost part of its roof (DI 2, DOD 4). Two semi-trailers on the property were blown over. The tornado…

7. May 10, 2011Lightning$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning struck a pair of 138 kilovolt transmission lines near Crivitz. The power lines run from the Oconto Falls area to Kingsford, Michigan. The loss of the two lines, combined with a third line that was out of service for maintenance, resulted in a blackout for about 75,000 customers in the western half of Upper Michigan. Several school districts had to cancel classes due to the lack of electricity. The time of the lightning strike and associated damage in Wisconsin are estimates.

8. Apr 6, 1997High Wind, Marinette$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A strong cold front ushered in wind gusts over 50 mph across much of northeast Wisconsin. Winds were measured as high as 54 mph in Green Bay (Brown county), 58 mph west of Appleton (Outagamie county) and 63 mph at the Outagamie county airport in Appleton. The Marinette Civic Center recreation dome, worth $100,000, collapsed in Marinette county. Many trees were reported down, signs were blown over and power was lost in several locations across northeast Wisconsin. A few houses sustained damage from fallen trees. One barn was blown over in Outagamie county. A fishing boat was overcome by the high winds and waves on the Wisconsin River 2 miles south of the Du Bay dam in Portage…

9. Nov 10, 1998High Wind, Marinette$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An intense area of low pressure moved across the Midwest on November 10, producing very high winds, rain and snow across the region. The low, which tracked from central Iowa to western Lake Superior, resulted in record minimum pressures in Iowa and Minnesota and an unusually widespread high wind event across Wisconsin. The strong winds lasted for much of the day.The high winds caused one fatality and an injury in the area, both in Door county. A 67 year old Door county woman died a week after being blown down by a strong gust of wind. Her head hit the concrete ground, causing the fatal injury.Trees, street signs and power poles were damaged or destroyed by the strong winds across…

10. May 14, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A camper was tipped over and a 4 foot diameter tree blown down which crushed a van.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

108°FJul 13, 1936

All-time low

−30°F2 times, most recently Feb 3, 1996

Warmest night

81°FJun 29, 1931

Coldest day

−14°FJan 18, 1994

Wettest day

5.17 inMay 16, 1965

Snowiest day

22.1 inMar 16, 2026

Hottest year

1931mean 50.2°F

Coldest year

2014mean 40.6°F

Wettest year

199645.28 in

Driest year

194920.74 in

Snowiest season

85.2 in1995-96

Station Marinette (USC00475091), 589 ft elevation, 13.8 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1919 to October 23, 2026; 97.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00475091.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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