Severe Weather History


Wisconsin Heavy Rain History: 570 Recorded Events

570

Recorded events

62

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$1.8M

Property damage

Wisconsin heavy rain history: 570 recorded events across 62 counties between 1997 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Wisconsin heavy rain history by decade

Wisconsin heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
Wisconsin heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 318 reported heavy rain events across Wisconsin. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in Wisconsin

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Vernon County370$20K2009–2020
#2Trempealeau County330$45K2009–2023
#3Dane County300$72K2000–2025
#4Grant County290$5002007–2023
#5Crawford County230$02009–2021
#6Clark County190$02010–2023
#7La Crosse County190$290K2006–2022
#8Buffalo County180$02009–2023
#9Jackson County160$02009–2023
#10Milwaukee County160$60K2001–2021
#11Monroe County140$02010–2020
#12Rock County130$177K2001–2020
#13Sauk County120$7K2000–2020
#14Portage County120$02008–2015
#15Waukesha County120$30K2001–2022
#16Marathon County110$88K1997–2015
#17Winnebago County110$02010–2015
#18Jefferson County110$3K1998–2014
#19Taylor County100$02009–2023
#20Juneau County100$02010–2023
#21Outagamie County90$99K2008–2015
#22Kenosha County90$11K1997–2020
#23Pierce County90$02009–2025
#24Waupaca County90$5002007–2015
#25Pepin County80$02009–2025
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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