Wisconsin

Storm History: Winnebago County, Wisconsin

396 episodes, 591 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Winnebago 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
591
Deaths
7
Injuries
136
Damage
$67 million
Episodes
396

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
Hail16911$10.0 million
Tornado135257$26 million
Thunderstorm Wind7403$115,000
Winter Storm3300
Heavy Snow3000
High Wind2022$126,000
Flash Flood1800$24 million
Flood1702$6.0 million
Blizzard14171
Strong Wind1400$101,000
Dense Fog1100
Winter Weather900
Drought900
Heat710
Excessive Heat700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Cold/Wind Chill500
Ice Storm400
Heavy Rain300
Lightning200$2,000
Funnel Cloud200
Waterspout100

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 Winnebago County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Winnebago CountyEvery warning in Winnebago 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.