Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2021

1,165 events in 181 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,165
Deaths
16
Injuries
67
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
181

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 Wind31600$1.5 million
Hail25300$2.8 million
Winter Weather156359$533,000
Winter Storm9700
Cold/Wind Chill6210
High Wind4700$519,000
Tornado4612$5.4 million
Heavy Snow3900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3800
Drought2500
Flood2200$217,000
Flash Flood2000$1.1 million
Heavy Rain1200
Strong Wind920$109,000
Lightning715
Funnel Cloud600
Rip Current440
Dense Fog341$30,000
Wildfire100$60,000
High Surf100
Lakeshore Flood100

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.