Storms in Wisconsin in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 91
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $7.9 million
- Episodes
- 24
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 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 32 | 1 | 13 | $7.9 million |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1979
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 8, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 10, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 1979
June 1979
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 9, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 19, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 20, 1979
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 26, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 29, 1979
July 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 3, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 10, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 30, 1979
August 1979
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 4, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 5, 1979
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 8, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 9, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 1979
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 29, 1979
September 1979
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 1, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 4, 1979
- Tornado in Wisconsin, September 8, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 12, 1979
October 1979
November 1979
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 197919781980
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.