Wisconsin

Storm History: Waushara County, Wisconsin

312 episodes, 433 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Waushara 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
433
Deaths
2
Injuries
36
Damage
$118 million
Episodes
312

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
Tornado108235$56 million
Hail7501$8,000
Thunderstorm Wind5800$534,000
Winter Storm3900
Heavy Snow3500
Flash Flood1800$36 million
Drought1300
Strong Wind1200$2,000
Winter Weather900
Blizzard900
High Wind900$203,000
Flood800$25 million
Dense Fog700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm500
Heat400
Excessive Heat400
Lightning300$78,000
Frost/Freeze100
Heavy Rain100
Funnel Cloud100
Wildfire100

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 Waushara County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Waushara CountyEvery warning in Waushara 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.