Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2010

1,554 events in 229 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2010, 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 2010 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
1,554
Deaths
16
Injuries
113
Damage
$126 million
Episodes
229

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 Wind42300$1.0 million
Hail19201$18 million
Winter Weather117128$378,000
Dense Fog101115$10,000
Winter Storm8632$1.2 million
Flood8600$1.9 million
Drought7100
Flash Flood6611$53 million
High Wind6203$1.5 million
Strong Wind6014$416,000
Tornado53042$34 million
Heavy Rain5000$200,000
Funnel Cloud3300$150,000
Heavy Snow3248$15 million
Blizzard3237$50,000
Lightning2600$73,000
Cold/Wind Chill2110
Heat1700
Lake-Effect Snow1400
Wildfire612$3,000
Dust Devil200$1,000
Frost/Freeze200$3,000
Seiche200

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

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September 2010

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November 2010

December 2010

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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.