77
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Hail in Rusk County, Wisconsin: 77 recorded events between 1975 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,757 nationally and #56 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Rusk County, Wisconsin: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Rusk County is the 2000s, when 41 of the county's 77 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 Rusk County archive, hail makes up 38.1% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,757 for this hazard and #56 within Wisconsin, putting it in the 43.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for hail in Rusk County with 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2025 | LADYSMITH | 0.75 | $0 |
| Sep 21, 2024 | BRUCE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2023 | WEYERHAEUSER | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 19, 2023 | WEYERHAEUSER | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2023 | HAWKINS | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2023 | BRUCE | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2023 | BRUCE | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2023 | BRUCE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 11, 2022 | WEYERHAEUSER | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 12, 2022 | BRUCE | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Rusk County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
There was a swath of large hail, the largest was hen size northeast of Ladysmith that occurred from north of Bruce, east-southeast to Hawkins. Radar data, which kept the intensity throughout the storm that moved across Rusk County was used for timing and length.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Rusk County, Wisconsin?
77 hail events are recorded in Rusk County between 1975 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Rusk County?
The strongest hail on record in Rusk County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Rusk 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 Rusk County, Wisconsin.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/wisconsin/rusk-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.