Storms in Wisconsin in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 177
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 81
- Damage
- $90 million
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 21 | 4 | 81 | $90 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1985
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 12, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 21, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 23, 1985
May 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 9, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 11, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 12, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 14, 1985
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 19, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 26, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1985
June 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 7, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 8, 1985
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 15, 1985
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 21, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 27, 1985
July 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 4, 1985
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 8, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 9, 1985
August 1985
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 6, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 9, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 12, 1985
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, August 17, 1985
September 1985
More
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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.