Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2000

1,335 events in 267 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2000, 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 2000 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
1,335
Deaths
3
Injuries
69
Damage
$236 million
Episodes
267

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail36009$8.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind23701$421,000
Dense Fog19210
Heavy Snow12500
Strong Wind8700$32,000
Winter Storm7700
Flash Flood7015$36 million
Flood4900$333,000
Lightning2914$28,000
Frost/Freeze2300
Excessive Heat2100
Tornado21050$190 million
Heavy Rain2100
Funnel Cloud1700
Wildfire200$45,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100$10,000
Waterspout100

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

February 2000

March 2000

April 2000

May 2000

June 2000

July 2000

August 2000

September 2000

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

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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.