Wisconsin

Storm History: Green Lake County, Wisconsin

529 episodes, 606 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Green Lake 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
606
Deaths
9
Injuries
58
Damage
$42 million
Episodes
529

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 Weather12700
Tornado89854$14 million
Hail6404$8.1 million
Winter Storm6100$27,000
Dense Fog4500
Thunderstorm Wind3800$391,000
Cold/Wind Chill2600$1,000
Heat2400
Flood2300$18 million
Strong Wind1910$80,000
Drought1700$175,000
Heavy Snow1200
Flash Flood1200$69,000
Excessive Heat1200
High Wind1100$161,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Blizzard700
Ice Storm300
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning100$1,000
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 Green Lake County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Green Lake CountyEvery warning in Green Lake 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.