Storm History: Washington County, Wisconsin
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
- 882
- Deaths
- 16
- Injuries
- 118
- Damage
- $88 million
- Episodes
- 717
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 158 | 1 | 0 | $11 million |
| Winter Weather | 134 | 2 | 39 | |
| Tornado | 111 | 3 | 57 | $31 million |
| Dense Fog | 79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 70 | 6 | 9 | $37,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 60 | 1 | 2 | $11 million |
| Flash Flood | 52 | 1 | 3 | $20 million |
| Strong Wind | 38 | 0 | 0 | $136,000 |
| Flood | 32 | 0 | 1 | $14 million |
| Heat | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 25 | 1 | 0 | $2,000 |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $639,000 |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | $225,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Lightning | 9 | 0 | 0 | $503,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 4, 1981
- Flood, June 1, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Hail, April 13, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 21, 1997
- Flood, June 17, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2013
- Hail, August 7, 2012
- Flood, June 15, 2022
- Flood, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2018
- Flood, June 7, 1996
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Tornado, June 11, 2001
- Flood, July 20, 1998
- Tornado, June 5, 1977
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 6, 2011
- Hail, April 13, 2006
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2004
- Hail, July 27, 1989
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 1968
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2022
- Hail, August 9, 1995
- Hail, August 4, 1989
- Hail, August 18, 1978
- Hail, September 22, 2025
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 4, 1981
- Tornado, August 22, 1964
- Tornado, April 27, 1984
- Tornado, June 5, 1977
- Tornado, April 7, 1980
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Tornado, June 23, 2004
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, August 7, 1958
- Tornado, July 6, 1964
- Tornado, July 21, 1968
- Tornado, July 30, 1976
- Tornado, June 17, 1978
- Tornado, June 15, 1981
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 10, 2026
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 16, 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 Storm, November 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2025
- Hail, September 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2024
- Flood, June 25, 2024
- Hail, June 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2024
- Tornado, February 8, 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, December 30, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 14, 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
- Hail, September 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2022
- Flood, June 15, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 14, 2022
- Flood, June 10, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 31, 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 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Hail, September 12, 2021
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 21, 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
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2020
- Strong Wind, November 10, 2020
- Hail, October 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2020
- Hail, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, April 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 23, 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, January 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 20, 2018
- Tornado, August 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2018
- Heat, July 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Heat, June 16, 2018
- Tornado, May 9, 2018
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 18, 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
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2017
- High Wind, December 4, 2017
- Hail, August 10, 2017
- Hail, July 15, 2017
- Hail, July 7, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Tornado, June 12, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, April 1, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, March 12, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2017
- Hail, February 28, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2016
- 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
- Hail, September 21, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Hail, April 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, March 16, 2016
- Hail, March 6, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Hail, August 14, 2015
- Tornado, August 10, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Blizzard, February 1, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 8, 2014
- Hail, May 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 13, 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 Storm, December 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2013
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Hail, October 3, 2013
- Hail, September 19, 2013
- Heat, August 30, 2013
- Hail, August 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2013
- Heat, July 16, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 11, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2013
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.