Storms in Wisconsin in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 100
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 24
- Damage
- $4.1 million
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 38 | 1 | 24 | $4.1 million |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1971
May 1971
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 15, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 17, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 18, 1971
June 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 1, 1971
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 4, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 6, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 7, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 12, 1971
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 16, 1971
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 18, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 19, 1971
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 23, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1971
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 28, 1971
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 29, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 7, 1971
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 8, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 12, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 16, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 18, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 21, 1971
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 25, 1971
August 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 10, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 22, 1971
September 1971
- Tornado in Wisconsin, September 4, 1971
- Tornado in Wisconsin, September 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 28, 1971
October 1971
November 1971
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 197119701972
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.