Wisconsin

Storm History: Burnett County, Wisconsin

340 episodes, 482 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Burnett 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
482
Deaths
4
Injuries
25
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
340

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail18000$646,000
Heavy Snow7000$50,000
Tornado61425$13 million
Thunderstorm Wind5400$55,000
Drought3900
Flash Flood2800$39,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Winter Storm800
Ice Storm700
Blizzard700
Cold/Wind Chill500
Winter Weather300
Flood300$50,000
Strong Wind100$1,000
Lightning100
Heat100
Excessive Heat100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Burnett County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Burnett CountyEvery warning in Burnett 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.