Wisconsin

Storm History: Jackson County, Wisconsin

363 episodes, 568 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
568
Deaths
4
Injuries
36
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
363

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
Hail14800$2.3 million
Tornado11706$5.3 million
Flash Flood6404$7.9 million
Winter Storm5712$81,000
Flood5100$90,000
Thunderstorm Wind3614$258,000
Heavy Snow1400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Drought1200
Winter Weather10020$555,000
Blizzard700
Ice Storm700
Cold/Wind Chill600
Heat600
Excessive Heat600$6,000
High Wind500$107,000
Lightning410$342,000
Wildfire300$20,000
Frost/Freeze100
Dense Fog110$40,000

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 Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.