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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Eagle, 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 Eagle, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 132 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
132

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
6

5 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Eagle

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Eagle, Wisconsin, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1117 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4

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

By decade

  • 2020s30
  • 2010s17
  • 2000s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s20(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s19(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s9
Strongest tornadoes near Eagle, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 27, 1984F49 mi6.5 mi1 / 14
Jan 7, 2008EF324 mi10.78 mi0 / 5
Jun 5, 1980F312 mi10.7 mi0 / 0
Jun 5, 1977F318 mi69.5 mi0 / 8
Jan 24, 1967F324 mi24.9 mi0 / 0
Jul 19, 1963F324 mi10.6 mi0 / 0
Apr 11, 1965F223 mi14.5 mi3 / 28
Mar 27, 1991F219 mi32 mi1 / 5
Feb 8, 2024EF222 mi25.9 mi0 / 1
Jul 22, 2010EF214 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 2010EF2in town5.22 mi0 / 15
May 8, 1988F225 mi27 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 132, 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 Eagle 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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