142
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$439K
Property damage
Hail in Oneida County, Wisconsin: 142 recorded events between 1955 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #985 nationally and #22 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Oneida County, Wisconsin: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Oneida County is the 2010s, when 54 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 Oneida County archive, hail makes up 39.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #985 for this hazard and #22 within Wisconsin, putting it in the 68.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Oneida County with 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | HAZELHURST | 1.25 | $0 |
| Oct 6, 2024 | SUNFLOWER | 0.88 | $0 |
| Apr 14, 2024 | MINOCQUA | 0.75 | $0 |
| Sep 25, 2022 | LAKE TOMAHAWK | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jul 14, 2021 | SUGAR CAMP | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | SUGAR CAMP | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 31, 2021 | RHINELANDER | 1 | $0 |
| May 31, 2021 | RHINELANDER | 1 | $0 |
| May 31, 2021 | CLEARWATER LAKE | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 31, 2021 | SUGAR CAMP | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Oneida County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Severe thunderstorms tracked across northwest and north-central Wisconsin with violent damaging winds, hail up tennis ball size and three tornadoes. A tornado set down in northern Dunn County four miles west southwest of Ridgeland and traveled four miles northeastward into Barron County before lifting two miles southeast of Prairie Farm. The tornado damaged 13 homes, three barns, numerous small outbuildings as well as trees and power lines. In addition, it destroyed a large turkey farm building scattering 10,000 dead turkeys for miles. Another tornado skipped along a four mile path in Barron County east of Canton. Three barns and three mobile homes were either damaged or destroyed by the twister as well as several outbuildings and many trees and power lines. Damage totaled near $1.8 million in Barron County and $200,000 in Dunn County. A tornado touched down in Vilas County just north of Conover damaging a house and leveling hundreds of trees along its 4.5 mile path into the Nicolet National Forest.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Oneida County, Wisconsin?
142 hail events are recorded in Oneida County between 1955 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Oneida County?
The strongest hail on record in Oneida County measured 3.
Where does the hail data for Oneida 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 Oneida County, Wisconsin.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/wisconsin/oneida-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.