Storm History: Racine County, Wisconsin
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Racine 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
- 917
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- $79 million
- Episodes
- 727
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 162 | 0 | 15 | $16 million |
| Winter Weather | 133 | 1 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Hail | 128 | 0 | 0 | $851,000 |
| Dense Fog | 75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 64 | 1 | 9 | $42,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 52 | 0 | 8 | $642,000 |
| Strong Wind | 49 | 2 | 1 | $199,000 |
| Flood | 48 | 1 | 2 | $24 million |
| Flash Flood | 44 | 0 | 0 | $32 million |
| Heat | 34 | 1 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 26 | 1 | 2 | |
| High Wind | 23 | 0 | 3 | $1.1 million |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | $525,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Blizzard | 8 | 2 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Lightning | 7 | 1 | 0 | $70,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Strong Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flood, September 26, 2011
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2014
- Lightning, June 30, 1997
- Heat, July 29, 1999
- Blizzard, December 1, 2006
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2020
- Rip Current, June 19, 2021
- Rip Current, June 19, 2021
- Rip Current, June 21, 2021
- Rip Current, August 22, 2021
- Rip Current, July 31, 2025
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
- Flood, June 17, 1996
- Flood, June 1, 2004
- Tornado, November 22, 2010
- Lakeshore Flood, January 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Tornado, March 21, 1966
- Tornado, July 2, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Tornado, August 21, 2002
- Tornado, July 6, 2003
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2007
- Tornado, July 6, 1994
- Hail, August 3, 1997
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2004
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Flood, May 14, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2004
- Hail, August 3, 1997
- Hail, July 27, 1989
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2025
- Flood, October 23, 2001
- Hail, July 9, 1984
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2014
- Hail, August 4, 1989
- Hail, July 20, 1980
- Hail, June 16, 1973
- Hail, August 2, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 19, 1957
- Tornado, July 3, 1983
- Tornado, June 5, 1977
- Tornado, June 5, 1980
- Tornado, July 15, 1980
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Tornado, June 23, 2004
- Tornado, August 18, 2005
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Tornado, September 26, 1959
- Tornado, October 8, 1959
- Tornado, September 22, 1961
- Tornado, March 21, 1966
- Tornado, July 10, 1966
- Tornado, September 28, 1972
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Hail, April 21, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- High Wind, March 31, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 9, 2025
- Rip Current, July 31, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, October 31, 2023
- Hail, August 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2022
- Tornado, October 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2022
- Flood, September 11, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 14, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2021
- Rip Current, August 22, 2021
- Tornado, August 11, 2021
- Rip Current, June 21, 2021
- Rip Current, June 19, 2021
- Rip Current, June 19, 2021
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2020
- Flood, May 17, 2020
- Flood, May 1, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 29, 2020
- Flood, April 29, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2020
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood, October 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, April 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flood, October 1, 2018
- Flood, October 1, 2018
- Heat, July 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Heat, June 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2018
- Lakeshore Flood, April 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2018
- Flood, February 19, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- High Wind, December 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
- Hail, July 6, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Hail, May 17, 2017
- Hail, April 20, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, March 23, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, March 12, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, March 16, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 29, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Tornado, August 10, 2015
- Strong Wind, August 2, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Tornado, July 18, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2015
- Blizzard, February 1, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2014
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2014
- Hail, May 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2013
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 17, 2013
- Heat, August 30, 2013
- Hail, August 21, 2013
- Hail, July 21, 2013
- Heat, July 16, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 11, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2013
- Strong Wind, January 19, 2013
- Strong Wind, January 18, 2013
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 20, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 16, 2012
- Strong Wind, November 11, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Dense Fog, October 23, 2012
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Racine CountyEvery warning in Racine 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.