118
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$1.7M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Calumet County, Wisconsin: 118 recorded events between 1966 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 85. That places the county #1,961 nationally and #59 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Calumet County, Wisconsin: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Calumet County is the 2010s, when 38 of the county's 118 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 Calumet County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 42.3% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,961 for this hazard and #59 within Wisconsin, putting it in the 37.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Calumet County with 35 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 17, 1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2025 | HIGH CLIFF JCT | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | DUNDAS | 69 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | HIGH CLIFF JCT | 61 | $0 |
| Jul 23, 2022 | HIGH CLIFF | 59 | $0 |
| Jul 23, 2022 | STOCKBRIDGE | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 14, 2021 | HARRISON | 52 | $4K |
| Jun 14, 2021 | HARRISON | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2020 | CHILTON | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 20, 2020 | HILBERT | 43 | $2K |
| Aug 8, 2019 | CHILTON | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Calumet County
- Hail 95
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Straight-line winds from a thunderstorm, likely a wet microburst, downed trees and branches and flooded area roads. The high winds blew two airplanes into each other at New Holstein Municipal Airport when a tie-down broke loose, threw a tree branch through the top of another plane's wing and flipped a pop-up camper severely damaging it.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Calumet County, Wisconsin?
118 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Calumet County between 1966 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Calumet County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Calumet County measured 85.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Calumet 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 Calumet County, Wisconsin.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/wisconsin/calumet-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.