NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Durand, 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 Durand, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 60 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 60
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
25 deaths in all
What the records show for Durand
The strongest of the 60 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on June 4, 1958; its path came within 25 miles, and it killed 21 people. Of the 60, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 21 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 17. The most recent tornado was on June 25, 2025. Of the 416 Wisconsin cities on this site, 66% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Durand. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 33 times since 1964, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 416 Wisconsin cities, 79% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Durand.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Durand
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s12(1 EF3+)
- 2000s2
- 1990s11(2 EF3+)
- 1980s13(1 EF3+)
- 1970s5
- 1960s4
- 1950s6(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1958 | F5 | 25 mi | 33.7 mi | 21 / 74 |
| Aug 27, 1994 | F3 | 25 mi | 10 mi | 2 / 25 |
| Jul 15, 1980 | F3 | 25 mi | 1 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Sep 24, 2019 | EF3 | 21 mi | 6.97 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 15, 1998 | F3 | 5 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 6 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 4 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Sep 12, 1951 | F3 | 7 mi | 24.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jul 18, 1971 | F2 | 22 mi | 38.5 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | EF2 | 22 mi | 6.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | EF2 | 22 mi | 15.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 1998 | F2 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Jun 15, 1997 | F2 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 60, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Durand
The Storm Prediction Center has 33 hail reports within 10 miles of Durand since 1964, made on 28 separate days. Of these, 19 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on June 11, 2001. The most recent report is from April 28, 2025. May has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Durand
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Durand, WI, 3 miles west of Durand at 705 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 25°F and 5°F. June is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 35.2 inches over 71 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 8 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 159 nights a year. That 35.2 inches is more than at 96 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (58%). Mondovi, 12 miles east, has its own station (Mondovi, WI): 36.1 inches a year, 0.9 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 5 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Feb | 29 | 8 | 1.2 | 4 |
| Mar | 42 | 21 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Apr | 56 | 34 | 3.3 | 7 |
| May | 68 | 47 | 4.2 | 8 |
| Jun | 78 | 57 | 5.1 | 9 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 3.9 | 7 |
| Aug | 80 | 59 | 4.5 | 7 |
| Sep | 73 | 50 | 3.8 | 6 |
| Oct | 59 | 38 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Nov | 43 | 25 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Dec | 30 | 13 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Year | 55 | 35 | 35.2 | 71 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Durand, WI (705 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 Durand
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 59 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Durand: 42 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 flash floods, 6 heavy rain events and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $13.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on May 19, 1996. August has had the most flash floods, 10 of 10. Of the 374 Wisconsin cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 269 have had fewer than Durand.
May 19, 1996: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Durand — $4.5 million damage.
August 11, 2016: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Durand — $4.2 million damage.
June 11, 2001: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Durand — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Six barns leveled, numerous sheds and outbuildings down. Trees and power lines felled, some on houses.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Durand's ZIP code 54736 have filed 26 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $224,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 15% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Wisconsin cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 64 have fewer than Durand.
Pepin County, which includes Durand, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Pepin County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Very Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.0 million a year, the 70th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.0 million (51%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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