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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Augusta, WI

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Augusta, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 70 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
70

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
8

14 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Augusta

By decade

  • 2020s15
  • 2010s7
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s17(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s7
  • 1950s8(5 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Augusta, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 4, 1958F46 mi59.2 mi4 / 3
Jun 4, 1958F421 mi11.1 mi3 / 50
May 10, 1953F43 mi162 mi2 / 24
Aug 27, 1994F310 mi10 mi2 / 25
Jul 15, 1980F321 mi1 mi1 / 10
Sep 28, 1971F316 mi49.6 mi0 / 5
May 26, 1959F312 mi34.3 mi0 / 2
Jun 4, 1958F317 mi4.3 mi0 / 3
Jul 15, 1980F221 mi0.2 mi1 / 5
Jul 18, 1971F217 mi38.5 mi1 / 2
Dec 15, 2021EF216 mi7.41 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF222 mi2.8 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 70, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Augusta while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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