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Wisconsin damaging wind history

From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 3,309 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in Wisconsin, 3,110 of them 58 mph or more and 212 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated), on 301 storm days. The day with the most reports since 1955 was July 19, 1983 (140 reports in Wisconsin). The highest wind on record is 128 mph, on May 30, 1998. 2026 so far: 314 preliminary reports.

3,309wind reports 2016–2025
3,11058 mph or more
21275 mph or more
128 mphhighest on record
3142026 preliminary reports

Wisconsin's biggest wind day since 2016: May 21, 2024

75 mph or more58–74 mphbelow 58 mph or no speed given

113 damaging wind reports in Wisconsin, 12 of 75 mph or more. All storm reports that day →

1990: 1021991: 1761992: 931993: 1251994: 2081995: 3081996: 2671997: 3511998: 4241999: 4482000: 2372001: 2982002: 3062003: 1452004: 2272005: 5192006: 3212007: 4162008: 3402009: 1112010: 4232011: 4612012: 2972013: 2572014: 2082015: 1952016: 3692017: 4942018: 2932019: 3202020: 2982021: 3162022: 3352023: 2252024: 3422025: 317199019931996199920022005200820112014201720202023max 519
Damaging wind reports per year in Wisconsin, 1990–2025

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Days with the most damaging wind reports in Wisconsin

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
July 19, 198314013100 mph
May 21, 202411312100 mph
July 14, 2010100896 mph
June 6, 199997381 mph
May 17, 2017961181 mph
June 15, 20228522100 mph
June 11, 2001821487 mph
July 23, 202280070 mph
July 23, 200580878 mph
June 10, 202676894 mph
July 30, 1999735100 mph
May 30, 19987221128 mph
July 3, 198372070 mph
June 2, 202068275 mph
September 13, 200568581 mph

Highest wind speeds reported in Wisconsin

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
May 30, 19987221128 mph
July 9, 198561125 mph
July 21, 198372121 mph
July 1, 20116528120 mph
August 5, 200062115 mph
September 20, 197021115 mph
July 15, 1980325112 mph
August 28, 2018256110 mph
June 21, 201172110 mph
September 21, 198621106 mph

Wisconsin damaging wind reports by year

YearDamaging wind reports58 mph+75 mph+HighestDays with reports
2026*3147011100 mph35
202531731624100 mph30
202434233614100 mph32
20232252181085 mph25
202233532232100 mph27
20213162861081 mph32
2020298264879 mph34
201932029719100 mph27
201829326816110 mph30
20174944614190 mph32
201636934238100 mph32
201519519317100 mph22
201420820826100 mph27
201325725624100 mph32
20122972962185 mph33
201146146093120 mph31
201042342058100 mph36
20091111102696 mph20
20083403392590 mph34
20074164132390 mph39
20063213212698 mph33
20055195193990 mph32
20042272272092 mph34
2003145145681 mph22
200230630618100 mph33
20012982982190 mph26
200023717321115 mph32
199944833818100 mph27
199842424549128 mph30
19973511471098 mph26
199626711524100 mph27
199530829384 mph41
199420841485 mph33
199312524181 mph23
19929318586 mph18
1991176234104 mph27
199010222491 mph19
198915144487 mph16
1988120232105 mph24
19871625012104 mph28
198693224106 mph24
198589213125 mph22
1984209541298 mph22
19833226618121 mph28
1982108301290 mph16
19818134590 mph19
19801518617112 mph28
19794313290 mph17
1978418181 mph20
19778419181 mph28
1976347175 mph7
19756713385 mph20
1974507392 mph17
197353142101 mph23
19722313381 mph16
19714415596 mph20
19704294115 mph21
1969197190 mph17
19684611392 mph18
1967187281 mph12
1966327190 mph12
19653213381 mph16
19642410386 mph16
19632214298 mph12
1962208175 mph10
1961188175 mph11
1960191060 mph12
195971175 mph7
195841181 mph4
19575–––5
195694290 mph8
1955123281 mph8

* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed yet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.

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