Storm History: Lincoln County, Wisconsin
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 135 | 0 | 2 | $37,000 |
| Tornado | 93 | 0 | 6 | $13 million |
| Winter Storm | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 31 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 20 | 0 | 2 | $2,000 |
| Winter Weather | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $600 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Tornado, July 16, 1997
- Tornado, June 16, 1979
- Tornado, May 3, 1955
- Tornado, June 14, 1991
- Tornado, July 30, 2002
- Lightning, May 19, 1996
- Tornado, July 18, 1996
- Tornado, September 30, 2002
- Tornado, March 29, 1998
- Tornado, July 24, 1962
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1996
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1996
- Hail, July 30, 2011
- Tornado, May 5, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1996
- Hail, May 17, 2017
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 25, 2008
- Hail, June 5, 1999
- Hail, June 7, 2005
- Hail, September 21, 1973
- Hail, September 4, 2014
- Hail, May 19, 1975
- Hail, June 29, 1974
- Hail, May 28, 1991
- Hail, June 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2004
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Hail, May 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 25, 1998
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Hail, May 18, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 1984
- Tornado, July 15, 1980
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, June 30, 1958
- Tornado, September 3, 1961
- Tornado, July 24, 1962
- Tornado, June 13, 1976
- Tornado, June 16, 1979
- Tornado, October 16, 1984
- Tornado, July 16, 1997
- Tornado, September 30, 2002
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Ice Storm, April 1, 2026
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 18, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, April 28, 2025
- Ice Storm, March 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 8, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Tornado, June 24, 2024
- Tornado, June 17, 2024
- Hail, June 5, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Hail, May 18, 2024
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 8, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Tornado, July 27, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2022
- Hail, August 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2021
- Tornado, August 11, 2021
- Tornado, July 28, 2021
- Hail, July 26, 2021
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Hail, May 31, 2021
- Hail, May 25, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Hail, September 26, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2019
- Hail, August 5, 2019
- Tornado, July 19, 2019
- High Wind, May 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Flood, September 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 30, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 2, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2017
- Flood, June 11, 2017
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- Hail, May 17, 2017
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Tornado, April 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2017
- Hail, July 21, 2016
- Tornado, June 15, 2016
- Tornado, June 10, 2016
- Hail, June 5, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2014
- Hail, September 4, 2014
- Hail, June 17, 2014
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2013
- Hail, August 21, 2013
- Tornado, July 9, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 27, 2012
- Hail, October 25, 2012
- Drought, October 9, 2012
- Hail, September 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2012
- Hail, June 19, 2012
- Hail, June 18, 2012
- Hail, May 26, 2012
- Tornado, May 24, 2012
- Hail, May 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2012
- Tornado, August 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2011
- Hail, July 30, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2011
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2010
- Tornado, July 14, 2010
- Drought, June 1, 2010
- Drought, May 18, 2010
- Dust Devil, April 11, 2010
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Drought, October 1, 2009
- Drought, September 22, 2009
- Drought, August 1, 2009
- Drought, July 21, 2009
- Drought, July 7, 2009
- Drought, May 1, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Drought, March 1, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2009
- Drought, February 1, 2009
- Drought, January 1, 2009
- Drought, December 1, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2008
- Drought, September 30, 2008
- Tornado, July 29, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Hail, April 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 18, 2007
- Drought, August 28, 2007
- Hail, August 28, 2007
- Hail, July 8, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Hail, June 17, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2006
- Hail, July 24, 2006
- Drought, July 11, 2006
- Hail, June 6, 2006
- Hail, May 27, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 2005
- Drought, September 6, 2005
- Hail, August 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2005
- Hail, June 7, 2005
- Flood, April 1, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2005
- Hail, October 29, 2004
- Tornado, July 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2004
- Hail, May 12, 2004
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Strong Wind, October 11, 2003
- Flood, May 11, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 16, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2003
- Heavy Snow, October 21, 2002
- Tornado, September 30, 2002
- Hail, September 23, 2002
- Hail, August 11, 2002
- Tornado, July 30, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2002
- Hail, July 27, 2002
- Hail, July 21, 2002
- Hail, June 25, 2002
- Strong Wind, May 9, 2002
- Heavy Snow, April 27, 2002
- Tornado, April 18, 2002
- Flood, April 10, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- Ice Storm, March 7, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2002
- Strong Wind, February 11, 2002
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2002
- Strong Wind, December 5, 2001
- Winter Storm, October 25, 2001
- Hail, June 18, 2001
- Hail, June 16, 2001
- Flood, June 11, 2001
- Hail, April 23, 2001
- High Wind, April 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2001
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2001
- Flood, September 11, 2000
- Flood, September 10, 2000
- Tornado, August 14, 2000
- Strong Wind, June 21, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2000
- Strong Wind, March 25, 2000
- Dense Fog, February 24, 2000
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.