Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2015

824 events in 128 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2015, 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 2015 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
824
Deaths
11
Injuries
12
Damage
$8.7 million
Episodes
128

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
Hail24401$405,000
Thunderstorm Wind19503$540,000
Winter Storm8620$5,000
Winter Weather6123$20,000
Heavy Rain4600$30,000
Cold/Wind Chill4440
Flash Flood2604$5.4 million
Strong Wind2600$16,000
Heavy Snow2400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2100
Tornado2100$1.9 million
Flood1500$5,000
Lightning600$190,000
Blizzard430
Wildfire201$207,000
Funnel Cloud200
High Wind100$20,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2015

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May 2015

June 2015

July 2015

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September 2015

October 2015

November 2015

December 2015

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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.