Wisconsin
72 counties79 tornadoes rated F3/EF3+56 county disaster declarations
Wisconsin has recorded 1,618 tornadoes since 1950, 19th among the states; 37,124 acres burned by large wildfires since 1984.
2025
- Tornadoes rated F2/EF2+ since 1950
Statewide totals
Unique events: a tornado that crossed three counties counts once.
- Tornadoes since 1950
- 1,618
- 19th of 51
- Rated F3/EF3 or stronger
- 79
- 17th of 51
- Tropical cyclones within 50 mi
- 0
- None since 1851
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- —
- Acres burned since 1984
- 37K
- 32 large fires
- Flood insurance claims
- 9,395
- $142 million paid
County leaders
Where in Wisconsin each hazard has struck most.
Most tornadoes
Most acres burned
- 1Juneau County20K
- 2Douglas County7,298
- 3Adams County3,466
- 4Dodge County2,342
- 5Bayfield County1,072
Most flood claims
- 1Milwaukee County2,435
- 2Fond du Lac County523
- 3Jefferson County503
- 4Waukesha County462
- 5Brown County383
Notable events
The strongest tornadoes, hurricanes and fires in Wisconsin’s record. Each opens its own page.
Tornadoes
- F5 1958, St. Croix21 killed
- F5 1984, Iowa9 killed
- F5 1996, Fond du Lac13.3 mi
- F4 1956, Green Lake7 killed
- F4 1951, Portage6 killed
- F4 1958, Eau Claire4 killed
- F4 1981, Washington3 killed
- F4 1958, Chippewa3 killed
- F4 1968, Marinette2 killed
- F4 1953, Taylor2 killed
Every county
Sort by any column. Each county opens its full record.
Cities
Places of 10,000 people or more with their own records.
- Milwaukee
- Madison
- Green Bay
- Kenosha
- Racine
- Appleton
- Eau Claire
- Waukesha
- Oshkosh
- Janesville
- West Allis
- La Crosse
- Sheboygan
- Wauwatosa
- Fond du Lac
- Brookfield
- Menomonee Falls
- Wausau
- New Berlin
- Sun Prairie
- Oak Creek
- Greenfield
- Franklin
- Beloit
- Manitowoc
- Fitchburg
- West Bend
- Mount Pleasant
- Neenah
- Superior
- Stevens Point
- Muskego
- De Pere
- Caledonia
- Mequon
- Middleton
- Watertown
- Howard
- Pleasant Prairie
- Germantown
- Onalaska
- South Milwaukee
- Oconomowoc
- Fox Crossing
- Marshfield
- Wisconsin Rapids
- Kaukauna
- Menasha
- River Falls
- Cudahy
- Ashwaubenon
- Verona
- Bellevue
- Menomonie
- Beaver Dam
- Waunakee
- Pewaukee
- Whitewater
- Hartford
- Weston
- Chippewa Falls
- Hudson
- Glendale
- Harrison
- Whitefish Bay
- Greendale
- Plover
- Salem Lakes
- Allouez
- Shorewood
- Grafton
- Greenville
- Stoughton
- Baraboo
- Suamico
- DeForest
- Cedarburg
- Brown Deer
- Sussex
- Port Washington
- Fort Atkinson
- Holmen
- Oregon
- Platteville
- Little Chute
- Richfield
- Hobart
- Two Rivers
- Marinette
- Lisbon
- Waupun
- New Richmond
- Burlington
- Hartland
- Reedsburg
- Monroe
- Windsor
- Elkhorn