Wisconsin

Storm History: Racine County, Wisconsin

727 episodes, 917 events since 1957

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.

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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
Tornado162015$16 million
Winter Weather13310$10,000
Hail12800$851,000
Dense Fog7500
Winter Storm6419$42,000
Thunderstorm Wind5208$642,000
Strong Wind4921$199,000
Flood4812$24 million
Flash Flood4400$32 million
Heat3410$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill2612
High Wind2303$1.1 million
Drought1800$525,000
Excessive Heat1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000$5,000
Blizzard820$2,000
Lightning710$70,000
Heavy Snow600
Lake-Effect Snow500
Rip Current550
Lakeshore Flood300$4.0 million
Heavy Rain200
Ice Storm200

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 Racine County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.