Storms in Wisconsin in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 105
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $1.5 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 2 | $1.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1973
April 1973
May 1973
June 1973
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 2, 1973
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 3, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 8, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1973
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 23, 1973
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 26, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 30, 1973
July 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 9, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 12, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 13, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 18, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 26, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 29, 1973
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 30, 1973
August 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 8, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 9, 1973
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 18, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, August 30, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 31, 1973
September 1973
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 2, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 21, 1973
October 1973
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 197319721974
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.