Storm History: Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kenosha 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
- 830
- Deaths
- 20
- Injuries
- 60
- Damage
- $103 million
- Episodes
- 706
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 130 | 5 | 9 | $20,000 |
| Tornado | 89 | 0 | 24 | $56 million |
| Hail | 85 | 0 | 0 | $716,000 |
| Dense Fog | 77 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 65 | 1 | 7 | $2.7 million |
| Winter Storm | 64 | 0 | 4 | $47,000 |
| Flash Flood | 52 | 0 | 0 | $24 million |
| Flood | 49 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Strong Wind | 46 | 1 | 0 | $151,000 |
| Heat | 34 | 2 | 10 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 29 | 5 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 24 | 1 | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Lightning | 9 | 1 | 2 | $1.0 million |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | $22,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100 |
The deadliest
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2007
- Heat, August 6, 2001
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 1996
- Lightning, June 20, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2008
- Strong Wind, November 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2016
- Rip Current, August 7, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, November 16, 2017
- Rip Current, September 6, 2018
- Rip Current, July 12, 2022
- Rip Current, July 29, 2023
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Tornado, August 23, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2000
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Flood, June 1, 2004
- Tornado, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Lakeshore Flood, January 11, 2020
- Flood, May 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, July 18, 1997
- Lightning, September 29, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 1996
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2007
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 2, 1960
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Flood, May 14, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2004
- Hail, July 27, 1989
- Tornado, July 19, 1963
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- Flood, October 23, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2014
- Hail, July 20, 1980
- Hail, August 2, 2011
- Hail, April 2, 2026
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
- Hail, April 18, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2000
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, June 10, 2026
- Flood, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Hail, April 2, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 9, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Flood, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, October 31, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2023
- Rip Current, July 29, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2023
- Flood, March 1, 2023
- Flood, February 27, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2022
- Rip Current, July 12, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 14, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Hail, August 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Heavy Rain, July 26, 2020
- Flood, May 17, 2020
- Flood, May 1, 2020
- Flood, April 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, December 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, April 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2019
- Flood, February 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flood, October 1, 2018
- Rip Current, September 6, 2018
- Lightning, July 19, 2018
- Heat, July 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Flood, June 16, 2018
- Heat, June 16, 2018
- Flood, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2018
- Lakeshore Flood, April 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2018
- Flood, February 19, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- High Wind, December 4, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, November 16, 2017
- Rip Current, August 7, 2017
- Hail, August 3, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2017
- Hail, July 6, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, March 12, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Hail, April 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, March 16, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 29, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Tornado, July 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2015
- Blizzard, February 1, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2014
- Lightning, August 26, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2014
- High Wind, February 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2013
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 17, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, October 5, 2013
- Heat, August 30, 2013
- Hail, August 30, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2013
- Flood, June 22, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 11, 2013
- Flood, April 8, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2013
- Flood, March 11, 2013
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Kenosha CountyEvery warning in Kenosha 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.