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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Barneveld, WI

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

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Barneveld, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 88 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
88

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
10

12 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Barneveld

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Barneveld, Wisconsin, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1150 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Barneveld: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Barneveld

By decade

  • 2020s11
  • 2010s16(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s18(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s8(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s12(3 EF3+)
  • 1970s4
  • 1960s13(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s6
Strongest tornadoes near Barneveld, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 7, 1984F5in town36 mi9 / 200
Jul 3, 1983F412 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 2, 1967F324 mi0.1 mi2 / 5
Aug 18, 2005F325 mi18.6 mi1 / 23
Jun 16, 2014EF317 mi0.96 mi0 / 0
Jun 17, 1992F321 mi16 mi0 / 30
May 8, 1988F320 mi16 mi0 / 0
Aug 16, 1963F322 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963F322 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963F322 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Jun 22, 2024EF220 mi6.87 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 2014EF25 mi29.07 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 88, 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 Barneveld 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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