Wisconsin

Storm History: Dodge County, Wisconsin

780 episodes, 1,084 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dodge 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
1,084
Deaths
9
Injuries
74
Damage
$118 million
Episodes
780

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
Tornado231038$50 million
Hail19512$4.1 million
Winter Weather14447$15,000
Thunderstorm Wind85013$4.3 million
Winter Storm7216$187,000
Dense Fog7020
Flash Flood6400$23 million
Flood4401$35 million
Strong Wind3500$199,000
Heat2700
Cold/Wind Chill2610$12,000
Drought1800$300,000
High Wind1301$902,000
Excessive Heat1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Blizzard1002$15,000
Heavy Snow700
Lightning504$82,000
Funnel Cloud500
Wildfire500
Ice Storm300
Heavy Rain100
Lake-Effect Snow100

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 Dodge County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Dodge CountyEvery warning in Dodge 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.