Storms in Wisconsin in 2005

1,443 events in 186 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2005, 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 2005 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: 1,443
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 41
Damage: $91 million
Episodes: 186

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	523	0	6	$5.2 million
Hail	236	1	3	$1.4 million
Winter Storm	154	0	0
Drought	142	0	0
Heavy Snow	79	0	0
Tornado	70	1	27	$50 million
Dense Fog	46	0	0
Funnel Cloud	44	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	28	0	0
Lightning	26	0	1	$161,000
Flash Flood	23	0	3	$32 million
Ice Storm	21	0	0
Flood	15	0	1	$60,000
Winter Weather	14	0	0
High Wind	11	0	0	$174,000
Heat	7	0	0
Heavy Rain	2	0	0
Blizzard	1	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0	$1.0 million

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.