Storms in Wisconsin in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1972, 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 1972 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
- 52
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $2.3 million
- Episodes
- 25
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 23 | 0 | 3 | $2.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1972
June 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 2, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 3, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 12, 1972
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 13, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 27, 1972
July 1972
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 11, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 14, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 16, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 17, 1972
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 19, 1972
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 20, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 30, 1972
August 1972
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 11, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 14, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 18, 1972
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 21, 1972
September 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 16, 1972
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 17, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 18, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 19, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 20, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 28, 1972
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1972Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 197219711973
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.