Wisconsin

Storm History: Shawano County, Wisconsin

335 episodes, 462 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Shawano 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
462
Deaths
0
Injuries
11
Damage
$33 million
Episodes
335

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
Hail11702$331,000
Tornado9802$6.4 million
Winter Storm5100
Thunderstorm Wind4400$25,000
Heavy Snow2500
Flash Flood2100
Drought2000
Flood1200$26 million
Blizzard1000
Dense Fog1007
Strong Wind1000$9,000
Ice Storm800
Winter Weather700
Cold/Wind Chill700
High Wind700$20,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Excessive Heat300
Lightning200
Heat200
Frost/Freeze200

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Shawano County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Shawano CountyEvery warning in Shawano 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.