Storms in Wisconsin in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 381
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $2.2 million
- Episodes
- 29
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 | 322 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 33 | 0 | 10 | $2.2 million |
| Hail | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1983
May 1983
June 1983
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 10, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 14, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 15, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 26, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 30, 1983
July 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 20, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 21, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 2, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 10, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 15, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 16, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 19, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 21, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 26, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 27, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 28, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 29, 1983
September 1983
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Wisconsin in 198319821984
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.