Wisconsin

Storm History: Rock County, Wisconsin

864 episodes, 1,215 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rock 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
1,215
Deaths
14
Injuries
99
Damage
$131 million
Episodes
864

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
Hail23601$9.3 million
Tornado187010$86 million
Winter Weather142365$2,000
Thunderstorm Wind11911$3.2 million
Flood9705$23 million
Flash Flood9203$7.2 million
Dense Fog7211
Winter Storm6400$35,000
Heat4010$10,000
Strong Wind3502$128,000
Cold/Wind Chill2920$2,000
High Wind1913$1.4 million
Drought1700$500,000
Excessive Heat1435
Blizzard1013
Lightning1000$173,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1010
Heavy Snow700
Ice Storm500$20,000
Heavy Rain500
Funnel Cloud400
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 Rock County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rock CountyEvery warning in Rock 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.