Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2003

759 events in 125 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2003, 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 2003 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
759
Deaths
2
Injuries
14
Damage
$2.5 million
Episodes
125

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
Thunderstorm Wind14502$295,000
Hail14403$391,000
Drought9500
Winter Storm9400
Heavy Snow5400
Winter Weather4700
Heavy Rain3300
Dense Fog3200
Strong Wind2500$61,000
Ice Storm2100
Tornado1609$1.6 million
Funnel Cloud1300
Lightning1300
Flash Flood1300$55,000
Flood800
High Wind520$92,000
Dust Devil100

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

February 2003

March 2003

April 2003

May 2003

June 2003

July 2003

August 2003

September 2003

October 2003

November 2003

December 2003

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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.