Hurricane History Map

Hurricanes that hit Wisconsin: hurricane history

1 storm have passed within 50 km of Wisconsin from 2020 to 2020, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Wisconsin

The record holds 1 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Wisconsin between 2020 and 2020. The busiest month is June, with 1 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical depression strength.

  • 1storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Wisconsin?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1100%
Tropical storm00%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Wisconsin storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 1 in 2020s.2020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 2020, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
2020s1

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 1 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Most recent storms near Wisconsin

  • Cristobal (2020)1 June 2020 to 12 June 2020, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 988 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

Wisconsin counties

Every county that a storm has come near is listed, most storms first.

CountyStormsStrongest near the county
Crawford County1Tropical depression
Grant County1Tropical depression
Iowa County1Tropical depression
Lafayette County1Tropical depression

Other states

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