142
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$4.0M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin: 142 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #1,633 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Sheboygan County is the 2010s, when 32 of the county's 142 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Sheboygan County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 51.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,633 for this hazard and #50 within Wisconsin, putting it in the 48.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Sheboygan County with 37 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2015 | HAVEN | 51 | 0 | 1 | $1K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2025 | KOHLER | 52 | $5K |
| Jun 24, 2025 | PARNELL | 50 | $7K |
| Jun 20, 2025 | HERMAN | 61 | $8K |
| May 16, 2025 | (SBM)SHEBOYGAN CO AR | 55 | $0 |
| May 16, 2025 | CEDAR GROVE | 56 | $5K |
| May 16, 2025 | CASCADE | 50 | $3K |
| Jun 25, 2024 | PLYMOUTH | 50 | $2K |
| Jun 25, 2024 | (SBM)SHEBOYGAN CO AR | 55 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | SHEBOYGAN | 50 | $6K |
| Aug 3, 2023 | ELKHART LAKE | 56 | $10K |
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A swath of widespread tree and crop damage across the southern portion of the county. Sections of trees and crops completely flattened, and some structural damage from fallen trees or due to the strong downburst winds. Various roads closed due to fallen trees. Two semi-trucks were overturned on highway 57 in Waldo. The widespread wind damage and tornadoes caused structural damage to many homes with 70 homes sustaining affected damage, 3 homes with minor damage, 2 homes with major damage, one home destroyed, and 2 businesses with minor damage.
A line of severe storms moved west to east across Sheboygan County and generated widespread powerful winds that gusted to an estimated 61 to 70 knots (70 to 80 mph). In addition, a tornado spun up north of Sheboygan Falls at 1437 CST – see the tornado event write-up for deatils. The ASOS unit at the Sheboygan County Airport measured a gust of 53 knots (61 mph). Thousands of trees were snapped or toppled, and many power-lines were brought down by tree debris, mostly across the northern part of the county. An 81-year-old women in Plymouth was injured when the winds pushed a door of a store into her. She broke her arm and was hospitalized. Elsewhere in Plymouth, 2 vehicles were damaged by tree debris. North of Plymouth, 2 cabins at a camp ground were destroyed by toppled trees, and 3 other camp buldings were damaged. In Sheboygan Falls, at least 12 homes were damaged. In Kohler, a vehicle was crushed by a toppled tree. City and county 911 Communications Centers received thousands of calls within a 5 hour period. At least 14,000 homes in Sheboygan County lost electrical power.
Barn reported down with horses inside northeast of Oostburg. A roof antenna and weather station south of Sheboygan were damaged by the wind gusts. Tree and power-line damage around the city of Sheboygan where about 12,000 customers were without power. City work crews in Sheboygan had about 200 locations across the city where tree debris had to be cleaned up. Clean-up and overtime costs were unknown, but were probably substantial. Several homes had trees leaning onto roofs, and and least one vehicle was damaged when a tree fell on it.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin?
142 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Sheboygan County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Sheboygan County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Sheboygan County measured 87.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Sheboygan County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/wisconsin/sheboygan-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.