Calumet County, Wisconsin tornado history

26 tornadoes recorded in or across Calumet County from 1954 to 2018, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Calumet County

The Storm Prediction Center records 26 tornadoes whose paths touched Calumet County, Wisconsin between 1954 and 2018. They killed 2 people and injured 13. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 18 July 1996. The most recent was on 28 August 2018.

  • 26tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 13injuries
  • 817per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Calumet County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0831%
F1 / EF11038%
F2 / EF2727%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating14%

Calumet County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2000s.1950s11960s41970s31980s31990s42000s62010s5

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s4
1970s3
1980s3
1990s4
2000s6
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr2May5Jun7Jul6Aug5Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May5
Jun7
Jul6
Aug5
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Calumet County

  • Deadliest and Strongest: Wisconsin tornado18 July 1996, F2, 1 death, 1 injury, 6.4 miles long
  • Longest path: Wisconsin tornado8 May 1964, F2, 5 injuries, 30.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado28 August 2018, EF1, 1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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