Wisconsin

Storm History: Lafayette County, Wisconsin

631 episodes, 771 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lafayette 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
771
Deaths
2
Injuries
19
Damage
$42 million
Episodes
631

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 Weather12815
Hail10501$5.4 million
Tornado92012$27 million
Thunderstorm Wind6900$3.7 million
Dense Fog6800
Winter Storm6000$31,000
Flood4300$1.8 million
Flash Flood4100$3.3 million
Heat3300$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill2710$1,000
Strong Wind2300$128,000
Drought1700$100,000
High Wind1501$570,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Excessive Heat1200
Blizzard800
Heavy Snow700
Heavy Rain400
Ice Storm300
Lightning200$14,000
Funnel Cloud100
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 Lafayette County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lafayette CountyEvery warning in Lafayette 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.