Wisconsin

Storm History: Florence County, Wisconsin

241 episodes, 265 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Florence 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
265
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$2.1 million
Episodes
241

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
Winter Storm5700
Hail3900$142,000
Drought3200
Heavy Snow3000
Thunderstorm Wind1600$107,000
Tornado1400$92,000
Ice Storm1100
Flood1000
Blizzard800
Cold/Wind Chill820
Flash Flood700$1.6 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Winter Weather600
Dense Fog600
Strong Wind500
High Wind400$2,000
Heat200
Frost/Freeze100
Lightning100$162,000
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 Florence County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Florence CountyEvery warning in Florence 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.