Storms in Wisconsin in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 84
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $5.8 million
- Episodes
- 32
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 31 | 0 | 8 | $5.8 million |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1970
May 1970
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, May 9, 1970
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 1970
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 20, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 21, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 31, 1970
June 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 10, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 12, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 17, 1970
July 1970
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 2, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 7, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 13, 1970
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, July 14, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 17, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 18, 1970
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 27, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 28, 1970
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 30, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 31, 1970
August 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 12, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 25, 1970
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 26, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 29, 1970
September 1970
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 2, 1970
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, September 9, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, September 21, 1970
October 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 197019691971
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.