Hail, Washburn
- When
- June 8, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washburn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.150, -91.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 8, 1985
10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 42
- Property damage
- $53 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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.
Event by event
10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bayfield
- When
- June 8, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bayfield County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.670, -90.900
Hail, Iron
- When
- June 8, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -90.180
Hail, Iron
- When
- June 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Iron
- When
- June 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -90.180
Hail, Sawyer
- When
- June 8, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -91.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Oneida
- When
- June 8, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Oneida County
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -89.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Sawyer
- When
- June 8, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer County
- Coordinates
- 46.020, -91.480
Hail, Sawyer
- When
- June 8, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -91.370
Hail, Vilas
- When
- June 8, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -89.730
Hail, Vilas
- When
- June 8, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -89.230
Tornado, Price
- When
- June 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Price County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 21 mi
- Path width
- 2,640 yd
- Injuries
- 26 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 45.930, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Vilas
- When
- June 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas County
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -89.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Vilas
- When
- June 8, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas County
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -89.230
Tornado, Oneida
- When
- June 8, 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Oneida County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 47 mi
- Path width
- 2,640 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 16 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -90.080
Hail, Marinette
- When
- June 8, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Marinette County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -88.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Marinette
- When
- June 8, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marinette County
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -87.750
Hail, Marinette
- When
- June 8, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Marinette County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -87.620
Tornado, Door
- When
- June 8, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Door County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -87.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Forest
- When
- June 8, 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- Forest County
- Coordinates
- 45.570, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconto
- When
- June 8, 8:56 PM CST
- Where
- Oconto County
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -87.880
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10162219, 10162435, 10162436, 10162437, 10162438, 10162439, 10162440, 10162441, 10162442, 10162443, 10162444, 10162445, 10162446, 10162447, 10162448, 10162449, 10162450, 10162451, 10162452, 10162453, 10162454.