Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2016

1,194 events in 187 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2016, 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 2016 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
1,194
Deaths
31
Injuries
35
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
187

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 Wind36901$2.4 million
Hail15401$1.4 million
Winter Weather14751$10,000
Winter Storm11960
Flood6800$275,000
Flash Flood6030$30 million
Cold/Wind Chill49110
Heavy Snow4200
Heavy Rain3400
Heat33130
High Wind2600$710,000
Strong Wind2400$81,000
Tornado1632$2.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Lightning1310$149,000
Excessive Heat900
Lake-Effect Snow800
Frost/Freeze500$250,000
Funnel Cloud200
Rip Current110

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.