Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2017

1,346 events in 161 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,346
Deaths
23
Injuries
42
Damage
$124 million
Episodes
161

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 Wind49400$1.2 million
Hail35810$12 million
Winter Weather14540
Flood7710$897,000
Winter Storm5310
High Wind3202$434,000
Flash Flood3200$94 million
Tornado28125$15 million
Strong Wind2800$8,000
Heavy Snow2700
Cold/Wind Chill2390
Heavy Rain1700$1,000
Lightning1102$60,000
Lake-Effect Snow8510
Funnel Cloud600
Frost/Freeze300
Lakeshore Flood200$15,000
Dense Fog103$40,000
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

January 2017

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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.