Storms in Wisconsin in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 145
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $4.8 million
- Episodes
- 32
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 | 92 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 2 | $4.8 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
June 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 10, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 1986
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 19, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 21, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 23, 1986
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 25, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 27, 1986
July 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 4, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 6, 1986
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 11, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 27, 1986
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 30, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 31, 1986
August 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 1, 1986
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 7, 1986
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 26, 1986
September 1986
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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.