Racine County, Wisconsin tornado history

27 tornadoes recorded in or across Racine County from 1957 to 2022, 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 Racine County

The Storm Prediction Center records 27 tornadoes whose paths touched Racine County, Wisconsin between 1957 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 21 March 1966. The most recent was on 12 October 2022.

  • 27tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 11injuries
  • 812per 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 Racine County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0726%
F1 / EF11556%
F2 / EF2519%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Racine County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2010s.1950s31960s31970s41980s51990s12000s42010s62020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s3
1970s4
1980s5
1990s1
2000s4
2010s6
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May1Jun6Jul4Aug4Sep4Oct4Nov2Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May1
Jun6
Jul4
Aug4
Sep4
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Racine County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Wisconsin tornado21 March 1966, F2, 1 injury, 33.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado12 October 2022, EF0, 4 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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