Storm History: Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Buffalo County, Wisconsin: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 511
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $30 million
- Episodes
- 359
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 150 | 0 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| Tornado | 81 | 0 | 7 | $11 million |
| Winter Storm | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 55 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 48 | 0 | 2 | $340,000 |
| Flood | 21 | 0 | 0 | $618,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 10 | 1 | 0 | $569,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $116,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $200 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Tornado, May 10, 1953
- Tornado, May 17, 1982
- Tornado, September 9, 1990
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2010
- Hail, June 16, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2021
- Tornado, July 8, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Hail, July 6, 2017
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2019
- Tornado, July 5, 2016
- Flood, May 1, 2001
- Hail, June 5, 1999
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Hail, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 10, 1953
- Tornado, July 3, 1983
- Tornado, April 27, 1984
- Tornado, June 5, 1977
- Tornado, July 15, 1980
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Tornado, August 29, 1992
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, June 28, 1960
- Tornado, May 23, 1964
- Tornado, June 14, 1981
- Tornado, May 17, 1982
- Tornado, July 19, 1983
- Tornado, May 30, 1994
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 19, 2026
- Hail, June 10, 2026
- Tornado, June 5, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, April 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Hail, July 13, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2023
- Flood, October 24, 2023
- Drought, September 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Flood, May 1, 2023
- Flood, April 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2022
- Hail, September 20, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Hail, May 9, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Hail, October 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Hail, June 17, 2021
- Hail, May 31, 2021
- Flood, May 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- Hail, May 26, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2019
- Tornado, September 24, 2019
- Flood, August 5, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2018
- Flood, September 4, 2018
- Hail, August 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2018
- Hail, June 30, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2018
- Flood, February 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2017
- Hail, July 6, 2017
- Hail, June 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Hail, April 9, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Tornado, July 5, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2015
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 29, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 3, 2013
- Hail, August 6, 2013
- Tornado, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Hail, May 31, 2013
- Flood, May 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, May 2, 2013
- Ice Storm, April 11, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Flood, May 26, 2012
- Flood, May 2, 2012
- Flood, July 28, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Hail, September 6, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, July 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 10, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- Hail, July 25, 2008
- Hail, July 10, 2008
- Hail, July 10, 2008
- Tornado, June 7, 2008
- Hail, May 25, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, September 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2007
- Hail, August 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2007
- Hail, June 7, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2007
- Hail, April 30, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2007
- Flood, March 13, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2007
- Blizzard, February 24, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2007
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2005
- Hail, August 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2005
- Hail, June 11, 2005
- Hail, June 7, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2005
- Tornado, June 23, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2004
- Hail, May 9, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Hail, July 31, 2003
- Tornado, September 30, 2002
- Hail, September 29, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2002
- Hail, July 30, 2002
- Hail, July 28, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2002
- Tornado, June 25, 2002
- Tornado, May 26, 2002
- Hail, May 8, 2002
- Hail, April 18, 2002
- High Wind, October 25, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 31, 2001
- Hail, June 18, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2001
- Hail, June 17, 2001
- Hail, June 16, 2001
- Tornado, June 11, 2001
- Hail, May 9, 2001
- Hail, May 1, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Buffalo CountyEvery warning in Buffalo County since 1986Every county in Wisconsin
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.