NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bangor, WI
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Bangor, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 64 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 64
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Bangor
The highest rating among the 64 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on June 5, 1980, came within 20 miles. Of the 64, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 28 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on June 26, 2025. Of the 416 Wisconsin cities on this site, 61% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Bangor. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 100 times since 1964, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Bangor has more hail reports within 10 miles than 80% of the 416 Wisconsin cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bangor
By decade
- 2020s12
- 2010s9
- 2000s7
- 1990s6
- 1980s7(1 EF3+)
- 1970s7
- 1960s13(1 EF3+)
- 1950s3(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1980 | F3 | 20 mi | 26.9 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 5, 1965 | F3 | 9 mi | 65.2 mi | 0 / 7 |
| May 26, 1959 | F3 | 23 mi | 34.3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 15, 2022 | EF2 | 23 mi | 22.86 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 22, 2011 | EF2 | 23 mi | 64.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 22, 2011 | EF2 | 13 mi | 13.79 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 8, 1988 | F2 | 13 mi | 27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 26, 1986 | F2 | 5 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1980 | F2 | 11 mi | 70.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1979 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 18, 1971 | F2 | 16 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1964 | F2 | 16 mi | 9.7 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 64, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Bangor
The Storm Prediction Center has 100 hail reports within 10 miles of Bangor since 1964, made on 61 separate days. Of these, 60 were 1 inch across or larger, and 14 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4 inches (softball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 28, 2023. The most recent report is from May 15, 2025. July has the most reports, 36.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Bangor
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Sparta, WI, 8 miles east of Bangor at 782 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 59°F; January is the coolest, at 25°F and 6°F. June is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 35.6 inches over 68 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 165 nights a year. That 35.6 inches is more than at 108 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (65%). West Salem, 6 miles west, has its own station (La Crosse WFO, WI): 37.4 inches a year, 1.8 more than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 6 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Feb | 30 | 9 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Mar | 42 | 21 | 1.8 | 5 |
| Apr | 56 | 33 | 3.7 | 7 |
| May | 68 | 45 | 4.6 | 9 |
| Jun | 78 | 56 | 5.3 | 8 |
| Jul | 82 | 59 | 4.1 | 7 |
| Aug | 80 | 57 | 4.3 | 7 |
| Sep | 72 | 48 | 3.7 | 6 |
| Oct | 59 | 36 | 2.6 | 5 |
| Nov | 43 | 24 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Dec | 30 | 13 | 1.3 | 4 |
| Year | 55 | 34 | 35.6 | 68 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Sparta, WI (782 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Bangor
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 118 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bangor: 91 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 floods, 7 flash floods, 7 heavy rain events and 5 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 13, and the NWS estimated $30.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on May 31, 1998. Of the 374 Wisconsin cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 217 have had fewer than Bangor.
June 18, 1998: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Bangor — 13 injured, $20,000 damage.
August 28, 2018: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Bangor — $26.7 million damage.
NWS: “Runoff from heavy rain caused flash flooding to occur across the southern sections of Monroe County. Near Melvina, a resident had to be rescued from a home surrounded by flood waters.”
June 7, 2008: flood 8 miles from the centre of Bangor — $932,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
La Crosse County, which includes Bangor, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 6 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives La Crosse County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $53.7 million a year, the 11th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $19.3 million (36%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Bangor
- West Salem, WI6 mi
- Sparta, WI10 mi
- Onalaska, WI13 mi
- La Crosse, WI14 mi
- Cashton, WI14 mi
- Holmen, WI15 mi
- Westby, WI18 mi
- Stoddard, WI18 mi
- Melrose, WI18 mi
- La Crescent, MN19 mi
- Galesville, WI23 mi
- Ettrick, WI24 mi
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