Storms in Wisconsin in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 213
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $6.5 million
- Episodes
- 37
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 | 162 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 35 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 16 | 0 | 2 | $6.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1987
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 10, 1987
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 11, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 27, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 29, 1987
June 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 1, 1987
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 5, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 7, 1987
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 17, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 19, 1987
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 25, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 28, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 29, 1987
July 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 2, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 11, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 12, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 20, 1987
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 25, 1987
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 26, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 29, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 1, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 2, 1987
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 14, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 15, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 21, 1987
September 1987
October 1987
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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.