Heavy Rain, Kenosha
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kenosha forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.573, -87.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, May 31, 2000
New all-time May rainfall records were set in several counties across south-central and southeast Wisconsin thanks to numerous rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rains during May, 2000. 35 inches set in 1933.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
New all-time May rainfall records were set in several counties across south-central and southeast Wisconsin thanks to numerous rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rains during May, 2000. Madison Truax Field registered 9.63 inches, breaking the old record of 9.35 inches set in 1933. Milwaukee Mitchell Field recorded 8.42 inches, which is the 3rd wettest May (record is 9.56 inches set in 1933). Monthly rainfall, of 12 inches or more, was measured in a band that stretched from west-central Iowa County to north-central Dane County. Near Black Earth an incredible 18.0 inches was measured for the month! The State of Wisconsin all-time monthly rainfall record is 18.10 inches at Markesan (Green Lake Co.) set in September, 1986. Another band of 12 inches or more stretched across northern Lafayette County to northeast Green County. Within this band, near the village of Argyle, 17.13 inches was collected! In Jefferson County northeast of Lake Mills, 13.50 inches fell out of the skies. Otherwise, 10 to 11 inches were noted over small portions of Sauk, Columbia, Waukesha, Racine, and Kenosha Counties during May, 2000. Over the remainder of south-central and southeast Wisconsin nearly everyone registered 8 to 9 inches for the month, except for Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, and Sheboygan where 4 to 7 inches fell.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Columbia
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Sauk
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Iowa
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Dane
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dane forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Jefferson
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Waukesha
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Lafayette
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.661, -90.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Green
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Green forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Rock
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Rock forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Racine
- When
- May 31, 11:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Racine forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5144282, 5144331, 5144415, 5144416, 5144417, 5144418, 5144419, 5144420, 5144421, 5144422, 5144423.