Wisconsin

Storm History: Marquette County, Wisconsin

530 episodes, 619 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marquette 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
619
Deaths
2
Injuries
2
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
530

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 Weather12500
Hail9202$1.1 million
Tornado7700$18 million
Winter Storm6000$26,000
Dense Fog4700
Thunderstorm Wind3600$408,000
Cold/Wind Chill2610$1,000
Flood2600$11 million
Heat2400
Strong Wind1900$55,000
Drought1700$100,000
High Wind1200$135,000
Excessive Heat1210
Heavy Snow1100
Flash Flood1100$328,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Blizzard700
Ice Storm300
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
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 Marquette County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marquette CountyEvery warning in Marquette 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.