Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2008

2,024 events in 258 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2008, 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 2008 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
2,024
Deaths
24
Injuries
91
Damage
$720 million
Episodes
258

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
Hail36902$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind34005$212,000
Winter Storm318422$10,000
Winter Weather203828$50,000
Cold/Wind Chill12347
Heavy Snow11700$5,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill11310
Flash Flood8301$553 million
Dense Fog8130$5,000
Drought6400
Tornado45225$157 million
Funnel Cloud3600
Flood3300$682,000
Lightning3100$8.3 million
Strong Wind2711$116,000
Lake-Effect Snow1300
Heavy Rain1310
Blizzard900
Ice Storm500$100,000
High Wind100

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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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.