Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2009

1,173 events in 188 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,173
Deaths
20
Injuries
268
Damage
$69 million
Episodes
188

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
Drought20700$68,000
Winter Storm20166
Hail15301$23 million
Winter Weather1276254$8,000
Thunderstorm Wind11101$319,000
Dense Fog6910
Cold/Wind Chill6532
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3932
Flash Flood3600$3.1 million
Strong Wind3310$167,000
Heavy Rain2500
Heavy Snow1800
Tornado1700$42 million
Heat1600
Lightning1200$146,000
Ice Storm1000
Funnel Cloud1000
Lake-Effect Snow600
Blizzard601
Flood500$28,000
High Wind400$15,000
Wildfire301$562,000

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.