NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Evansville, 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
1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Evansville, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 114 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 114
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Evansville
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Evansville; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 56 mph winds when its centre passed 24 miles away. Evansville 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 114 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on June 16, 2014, came within 21 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on August 18, 2005, killed 1 person. Of the 114, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 68 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 36. The most recent tornado was on July 15, 2024. Evansville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 82% of the 416 Wisconsin cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 59 times since 1960, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Evansville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 55% of the 416 Wisconsin cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Evansville
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Evansville: 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 Evansville
By decade
- 2020s20
- 2010s23(1 EF3+)
- 2000s25(1 EF3+)
- 1990s8(1 EF3+)
- 1980s10
- 1970s12
- 1960s13(2 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2005 | F3 | 10 mi | 18.6 mi | 1 / 23 |
| Jun 16, 2014 | EF3 | 21 mi | 0.96 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 17, 1992 | F3 | 14 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 30 |
| Apr 16, 1967 | F3 | 10 mi | 27.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 24, 1967 | F3 | 9 mi | 24.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 27, 1991 | F2 | 6 mi | 32 mi | 1 / 5 |
| Oct 8, 1958 | F2 | 25 mi | 81 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 2024 | EF2 | 13 mi | 6.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 8, 2024 | EF2 | 1 mi | 25.9 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 16, 2014 | EF2 | 21 mi | 0.22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 25, 1998 | F2 | 5 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 8, 1988 | F2 | 4 mi | 27 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 114, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Evansville
The Storm Prediction Center has 59 hail reports within 10 miles of Evansville since 1960, made on 39 separate days. Of these, 39 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 4, 1975. The most recent report is from April 18, 2025. April has the most reports, 21.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Evansville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stoughton, WI, 10 miles north of Evansville at 840 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 27°F and 10°F. June is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.6 inches; the year adds up to 37.8 inches over 71 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 154 nights a year. Snowfall averages 35.5 inches a year, most of it in February. That 37.8 inches is more than at 140 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (85%). Albany, 9 miles southwest, has its own station (Brodhead Wwtp, WI): 38.5 inches a year, 0.7 more than here, and the same July average high, 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 10 | 1.6 | 4 | 10.4 |
| Feb | 31 | 13 | 1.7 | 5 | 10.6 |
| Mar | 44 | 23 | 2.2 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Apr | 57 | 34 | 3.9 | 7 | 0.7 |
| May | 69 | 46 | 4.3 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 79 | 57 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 61 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 81 | 59 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 50 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 61 | 39 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 46 | 27 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 33 | 16 | 1.8 | 4 | 7.6 |
| Year | 57 | 36 | 37.8 | 71 | 35.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Stoughton, WI (840 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 Evansville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 115 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Evansville: 98 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 floods, 5 flash floods, 3 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $10.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on August 5, 2000. Of the 374 Wisconsin cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 168 have had fewer than Evansville.
August 5, 2000: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Evansville — 2 injured, $6.3 million damage.
June 6, 1999: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Evansville — 2 injured, $3,000 damage.
August 22, 2007: flash flood 1 mile from the centre of Evansville — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Several rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rains on top of a saturated ground resulted in scattered flash flooding from the Evansville area to the Janesville vicinity.”
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
Rock County, which includes Evansville, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Rock County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $73.3 million a year, the 7th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $37.9 million (52%), 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.