Wisconsin

Storm History: Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

358 episodes, 573 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint Croix 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
573
Deaths
7
Injuries
51
Damage
$104 million
Episodes
358

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
Hail22611$46 million
Tornado110239$42 million
Winter Storm7423$250,000
Thunderstorm Wind5601$6.1 million
Flash Flood3313$8.7 million
Heavy Snow1400
Winter Weather1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Cold/Wind Chill600
Heat600
Ice Storm400
Lightning414$340,000
Excessive Heat400
High Wind300
Flood300
Frost/Freeze100
Strong Wind100$100
Dense Fog100
Funnel Cloud100
Blizzard100

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 Saint Croix County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saint Croix CountyEvery warning in Saint Croix 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.