Wisconsin

Storm History: Calumet County, Wisconsin

303 episodes, 431 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Calumet 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
431
Deaths
3
Injuries
9
Damage
$50 million
Episodes
303

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
Hail11701$1.7 million
Tornado9117$42 million
Winter Storm3500
Flash Flood3201$6.1 million
Heavy Snow3000
Thunderstorm Wind2900$100,000
Strong Wind1400$16,000
Dense Fog1200
Blizzard1100
High Wind1000$53,000
Winter Weather800
Flood700$367,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Drought600
Cold/Wind Chill500
Funnel Cloud400
Ice Storm300
Lightning310$100,000
Excessive Heat300
Heat210
Heavy Rain200$25,000

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 Calumet County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Calumet CountyEvery warning in Calumet 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.