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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Danbury, 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 Danbury, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 17 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
17

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

6 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Danbury

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s2
  • 2000s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s2
  • 1980s2
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Danbury, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 18, 2001F315 mi34 mi2 / 16
May 10, 1953F214 mi105.7 mi4 / 27
Jul 7, 1970F222 mi22.3 mi0 / 2
May 5, 1965F218 mi14.3 mi0 / 0
Jul 11, 2022EF121 mi4.63 mi0 / 0
Jun 28, 2017EF119 mi2.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 11, 2005F111 mi6 mi0 / 0
Jun 27, 1994F116 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jun 27, 1994F111 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1985F115 mi5 mi0 / 0
Jun 23, 1971F123 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 7, 1970F124 mi5.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 17, 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 Danbury 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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