61
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$101K
Property damage
Hail in Forest County, Wisconsin: 61 recorded events between 1958 and 2022. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #2,020 nationally and #66 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Forest County, Wisconsin: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Forest County is the 2000s, when 24 of the county's 61 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 Forest County archive, hail makes up 37.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,020 for this hazard and #66 within Wisconsin, putting it in the 34.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for hail in Forest County with 18 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2022 | CRANDON MUNI ARPT | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 13, 2022 | LAONA | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 10, 2022 | LAONA | 1.5 | $0 |
| May 10, 2022 | CRANDON | 1 | $0 |
| May 10, 2022 | CRANDON | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 10, 2022 | NELMA | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 10, 2022 | MOLE LAKE | 1.75 | $0 |
| Aug 7, 2019 | CRANDON | 0.75 | $0 |
| Oct 18, 2016 | NEWALD | 0.88 | $0 |
| Aug 29, 2016 | NELMA | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Forest County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Severe thunderstorms raked west-central and northern Wisconsin with violent damaging winds up to 61 mph, hail up to tennis ball-size, and two tornadoes. A tornado set down just east of Woodville in St Croix County damaging eight farm dwellings and structures along its one-mile path causing $55,000 damage. Another tornado cut a 12-mile path from just southwest of Crandon to just north of Laona in Forest County causing $1 million damage. It destroyed three mobile homes, damaged or destroyed 25 homes and leveled 600 acres of timber. Three people were injured in a mobile home that was destroyed by the tornado. Widespread hail up to tennis ball-size fell over the Rhinelander area damaging hundreds of vehicles as well as roofs and windows. A severe thunderstorm with damaging winds knocked down about 3,000 trees and damaged several homes and cabins seven miles southeast of Seeley, Sawyer County.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Forest County, Wisconsin?
61 hail events are recorded in Forest County between 1958 and 2022, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Forest County?
The strongest hail on record in Forest County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Forest 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
“Hail in Forest County, Wisconsin.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/wisconsin/forest-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.