Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2004

1,176 events in 202 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2004, 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 2004 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
1,176
Deaths
3
Injuries
28
Damage
$338 million
Episodes
202

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
Hail27801$1.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind22900$1.4 million
Winter Storm9500
Strong Wind9010$412,000
Dense Fog8802
Winter Weather8600
Heavy Snow7300
Flood6700$281 million
Tornado43123$34 million
Flash Flood4210$21 million
Funnel Cloud2400
Lightning2302$298,000
Heavy Rain1600
High Wind1200
Frost/Freeze400
Ice Storm400
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dust Devil100$200

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

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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.