NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cambria, 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 October 26, 2026

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Cambria, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 121 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 1
Tornadoes: 121
EF3 or stronger: 9

What the records show for Cambria

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Cambria; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 72 miles away. Cambria is tied for the most tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles among the 416 Wisconsin cities on this site. The highest rating among the 121 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 21, 1974, came within 20 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on April 21, 1974, killed 2 people. Of the 121, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 54 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 40. The most recent tornado was on July 16, 2025. Cambria has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 88% of the 416 Wisconsin cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 65 times since 1964, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Cambria has more hail reports within 10 miles than 60% of the 416 Wisconsin cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Cambria

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Cambria, Wisconsin, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
1900	Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11	72 mi	Tropical storm (58 mph)	Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Cambria: 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 Cambria

By decade

2020s8
2010s19
2000s27(2 EF3+)
1990s16
1980s23(2 EF3+)
1970s16(4 EF3+)
1960s7
1950s5(1 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Cambria, Wisconsin
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Sep 26, 1951	F4	3 mi	9 mi	1 / 9
Apr 21, 1974	F4	20 mi	26 mi	0 / 35
Apr 21, 1974	F3	20 mi	58.6 mi	2 / 18
Jun 23, 2004	F3	12 mi	7.6 mi	1 / 1
Jun 23, 2004	F3	12 mi	33.3 mi	0 / 0
Jun 8, 1984	F3	in town	29 mi	0 / 1
Apr 7, 1980	F3	10 mi	1.2 mi	0 / 4
Jun 4, 1975	F3	23 mi	2.3 mi	0 / 0
Apr 21, 1974	F3	19 mi	22.2 mi	0 / 0
May 15, 2025	EF2	22 mi	11.48 mi	0 / 1
Jun 7, 2008	EF2	4 mi	8.63 mi	0 / 6
Jun 23, 2004	F2	16 mi	11 mi	0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 121, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Cambria

The Storm Prediction Center has 65 hail reports within 10 miles of Cambria since 1964, made on 46 separate days. Of these, 32 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on August 3, 2004. The most recent report is from August 16, 2025. August has the most reports, 16.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Cambria

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dalton, WI, 7 miles northwest of Cambria at 860 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 28°F and 9°F. June is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 36.3 inches over 69 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 157 nights a year. Snowfall averages 45.5 inches a year, most of it in January. That 36.3 inches is more than at 118 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (72%). Randolph, 6 miles east, has its own station (Town Of Westford, WI): 37.8 inches a year, 1.5 more than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 84°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Dalton, WI
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"	Snow in
Jan	28	9	1.5	5	14.6
Feb	32	11	1.3	3	8.8
Mar	45	22	2.0	5	7.3
Apr	58	34	3.3	7	3.2
May	70	46	4.1	8	0.0
Jun	80	56	5.2	8	0.0
Jul	84	60	4.4	7	0.0
Aug	82	58	3.7	7	0.0
Sep	75	49	3.7	6	0.0
Oct	61	38	3.1	5	0.7
Nov	46	26	2.2	5	3.8
Dec	33	16	1.8	3	7.1
Year	58	35	36.3	69	45.5

Averages for 1991–2020 at Dalton, WI (860 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Cambria

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 98 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cambria: 87 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 flood. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $4.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on August 28, 2018. Of the 374 Wisconsin cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 239 have had fewer than Cambria.

June 7, 2008: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Cambria — 1 injured, $25,000 damage.
August 3, 2004: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Cambria — $3.0 million damage.
August 26, 2004: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Cambria — $400,000 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

Columbia County, which includes Cambria, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1976, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought, 1 flood). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Columbia County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hail; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for lightning; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $51.4 million a year, the 12th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $20.5 million (40%), is from hail.

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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