Wisconsin

Storm History: Lincoln County, Wisconsin

355 episodes, 482 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
482
Deaths
0
Injuries
10
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
355

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
Hail13502$37,000
Tornado9306$13 million
Winter Storm5400
Drought4300
Thunderstorm Wind3100$51,000
Heavy Snow2300
Flood2002$2,000
Winter Weather1000
Cold/Wind Chill1000
Strong Wind1000$1,000
Flash Flood900
Blizzard800
Ice Storm800
High Wind700$33,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Dense Fog600
Lightning400$150,000
Heat200
Frost/Freeze100
Dust Devil100$600

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Lincoln County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.