Green Lake County, Wisconsin tornado history

44 tornadoes recorded in or across Green Lake County from 1950 to 2018, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

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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 Green Lake County

The Storm Prediction Center records 44 tornadoes whose paths touched Green Lake County, Wisconsin between 1950 and 2018. They killed 8 people and injured 56. The busiest month is June, with 17 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 3 April 1956. The most recent was on 28 August 2018.

  • 44tornadoes
  • 8deaths
  • 56injuries
  • 1,259per 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 Green Lake County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02045%
F1 / EF11534%
F2 / EF249%
F3 / EF349%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Green Lake County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in 1990s.1950s31960s11970s11980s31990s152000s92010s12

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s1
1970s1
1980s3
1990s15
2000s9
2010s12
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr7May5Jun17Jul8Aug4Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May5
Jun17
Jul8
Aug4
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Green Lake County

Notable tornadoes in Green Lake County

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

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