Wisconsin

Storm History: Douglas County, Wisconsin

421 episodes, 548 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
548
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
421

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
Hail14000$331,000
Heavy Snow12000$340,000
Thunderstorm Wind7700$10,000
Tornado5300$965,000
Drought4100
Flash Flood3100$2.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1800
Winter Storm1200
Ice Storm1100
Cold/Wind Chill820
Blizzard800
Lake-Effect Snow700
Flood600$22 million
Lightning500$76,000
Winter Weather400
Strong Wind300$11,000
Frost/Freeze100
Heat100
Excessive Heat100
Lakeshore Flood100

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 Douglas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.