Storms in Wisconsin in 1956
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1956, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Wisconsin in 1956 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 25
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 52
- Damage
- $5.8 million
- Episodes
- 17
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 9 | 52 | $5.8 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1956
May 1956
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 9, 1956
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 29, 1956
June 1956
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 13, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 20, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 21, 1956
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 30, 1956
July 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 1, 1956
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 11, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 15, 1956
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 16, 1956
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 19, 1956
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 21, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 24, 1956
August 1956
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1956Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 195619551957
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.