Wisconsin

Storm History: Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

330 episodes, 458 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Manitowoc 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
458
Deaths
4
Injuries
33
Damage
$93 million
Episodes
330

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
Hail11501$9.0 million
Tornado95032$60 million
Winter Storm4710
Heavy Snow4100
Thunderstorm Wind3500$30,000
Flash Flood2100$20 million
Blizzard1500$50,000
Dense Fog1300
Flood1200$3.4 million
High Wind1100$34,000
Strong Wind1000
Winter Weather800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Drought600
Cold/Wind Chill500
Heat530
Funnel Cloud300
Excessive Heat300
Lightning200$400,000
Ice Storm100
Lake-Effect Snow100
Heavy Rain100
Lakeshore Flood100$10,000

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 Manitowoc County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Manitowoc CountyEvery warning in Manitowoc 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.