Wisconsin

Storm History: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

690 episodes, 873 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fond du Lac 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
873
Deaths
15
Injuries
86
Damage
$179 million
Episodes
690

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
Tornado157325$88 million
Hail14000$1.0 million
Winter Weather124560
Thunderstorm Wind8101$3.0 million
Winter Storm6910$30,000
Dense Fog5500
Strong Wind3820$135,000
Flash Flood3400$14 million
Heat2820
Cold/Wind Chill2520$7,000
Flood2400$70 million
Drought1900$200,000
High Wind1600$895,000
Heavy Snow1400
Excessive Heat1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Blizzard900
Lightning600$180,000
Funnel Cloud300
Ice Storm300
Heavy Rain200$1,000
Wildfire200$200,000
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 Fond du Lac County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Fond du Lac CountyEvery warning in Fond du Lac 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.