Storms in Wisconsin in 1996

1,389 events in 657 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Wisconsin in 1996 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

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The year

Events: 1,389
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 140
Damage: $292 million
Episodes: 657

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	277	1	8	$27 million
Heavy Snow	225	0	0
Winter Weather	163	0	2	$105,000
Cold/Wind Chill	150	10	28
Hail	105	0	0	$1.3 million
Dense Fog	90	0	0
Blizzard	63	1	0
Ice Storm	57	0	1	$450,000
Flood	54	0	0	$185 million
Winter Storm	53	0	0	$100,000
Lightning	43	0	15	$1.4 million
Flash Flood	38	0	2	$33 million
Tornado	23	1	13	$43 million
Funnel Cloud	19	0	0
Strong Wind	13	0	0	$100,000
High Wind	11	0	1	$173,000
Waterspout	3	0	0
Heat	1	0	70
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$100

Every episode, month by month

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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.