Wisconsin

Storm History: Waupaca County, Wisconsin

371 episodes, 533 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Waupaca 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
533
Deaths
6
Injuries
14
Damage
$9.5 million
Episodes
371

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
Hail14500$461,000
Tornado109612$6.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind5502$406,000
Winter Storm4900
Flash Flood3700$261,000
Heavy Snow3100
Drought1600
Strong Wind1100$26,000
High Wind1000$11,000
Blizzard900
Flood900$1.5 million
Dense Fog800
Cold/Wind Chill700
Winter Weather600
Ice Storm600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Rain600$500
Heat500
Excessive Heat400
Lightning300$58,000
Frost/Freeze100

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 Waupaca County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Waupaca CountyEvery warning in Waupaca 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.