Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2018

1,390 events in 207 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,390
Deaths
30
Injuries
27
Damage
$186 million
Episodes
207

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 Wind29300$722,000
Winter Weather19983$20,000
Hail17601$484,000
Flood17200$9.3 million
Winter Storm14815$5,000
Heavy Snow8301$10,000
Flash Flood6823$8.6 million
Cold/Wind Chill4890
Heat4200
Tornado3512$165 million
Heavy Rain3400
Excessive Heat3200
Strong Wind1921$37,000
Lightning1404$480,000
Blizzard1100$1.6 million
Lakeshore Flood500
Dense Fog336$40,000
Funnel Cloud300
Rip Current330
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill111
Wildfire100$90,000

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.