Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2013

1,272 events in 200 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,272
Deaths
16
Injuries
27
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
200

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 Wind25700$2.8 million
Hail20613$10 million
Winter Weather17662$20,000
Winter Storm16045$80,000
Drought7900
Flood6300$462,000
Heavy Snow5000
Heavy Rain3900$34,000
Dense Fog36015$25,000
Strong Wind3410$191,000
Heat3420
Flash Flood3300$13 million
Tornado2402$20 million
Cold/Wind Chill2320
Funnel Cloud1300
High Wind1200$75,000
Lightning1200$1.2 million
Lake-Effect Snow1100
Ice Storm600
Excessive Heat300
Dust Devil100

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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November 2013

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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.