Storms in Wisconsin in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 108
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 54
- Damage
- $16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 18 | 2 | 54 | $16 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1974
May 1974
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 13, 1974
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 16, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 21, 1974
June 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 9, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 14, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 29, 1974
July 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 2, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 3, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 9, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 18, 1974
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 26, 1974
August 1974
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 6, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 11, 1974
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 15, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 16, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 18, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 21, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 26, 1974
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 30, 1974
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 197419731975
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.