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
#16Winnebago County110$02010–2015
#17Jefferson County110$3K1998–2014
#18Marathon County110$88K1997–2015
#19Juneau County100$02010–2023
#20Taylor County100$02009–2023
#21Kenosha County90$11K1997–2020
#22Pierce County90$02009–2025
#23Waupaca County90$5002007–2015
#24Outagamie County90$99K2008–2015
#25Pepin County80$02009–2025
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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