NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Little Suamico, 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 Little Suamico, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Cristobal in 2020. Since 1950, 53 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 53
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Little Suamico
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Little Suamico; the strongest was Cristobal in 2020, a tropical storm with 40 mph winds when its centre passed 65 miles away. Little Suamico 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 53 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 27, 1984, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on August 19, 1968, killed 2 people. Of the 53, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 21 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 18. The most recent tornado was on July 23, 2025. Of the 416 Wisconsin cities, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Little Suamico. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 25 times since 1993, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 416 Wisconsin cities, 92% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Little Suamico.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Little Suamico
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | CristobalJun 10 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Little Suamico: 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 Little Suamico
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s10
- 2000s5
- 1990s3
- 1980s3(1 EF3+)
- 1970s14
- 1960s9(2 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1968 | F4 | 24 mi | 21.8 mi | 2 / 3 |
| Apr 27, 1984 | F4 | 24 mi | 27.5 mi | 1 / 19 |
| Jun 26, 1969 | F3 | 10 mi | 15.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F2 | 16 mi | 15.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 22, 1970 | F2 | 22 mi | 11.2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 22, 1970 | F2 | 12 mi | 7.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 22, 1970 | F2 | 14 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Aug 16, 1968 | F2 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 4, 1966 | F2 | 16 mi | 4.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1966 | F2 | 21 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1959 | F2 | 15 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jul 23, 2025 | EF1 | 17 mi | 2.33 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 53, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Little Suamico
The Storm Prediction Center has 25 hail reports within 10 miles of Little Suamico since 1993, made on 17 separate days. Of these, 17 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on August 2, 2015. The most recent report is from October 24, 2023. August has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Little Suamico
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Oconto 4 W, WI, 12 miles north of Little Suamico at 660 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 59°F; January is the coolest, at 26°F and 9°F. July is the wettest at 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 33.8 inches over 69 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 169 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.5 inches a year, most of it in December. That 33.8 inches is more than at 56 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (34%). Suamico, 6 miles south, has its own station (Green Bay, WI): 31.8 inches a year, 2.0 less than here, and the same July average high, 81°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 10.5 |
| Feb | 30 | 10 | 1.3 | 3 | 11.1 |
| Mar | 40 | 21 | 2.1 | 5 | 7.9 |
| Apr | 53 | 32 | 3.1 | 7 | 4.9 |
| May | 66 | 44 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 76 | 55 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 81 | 59 | 4.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 57 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 49 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 38 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 44 | 27 | 2.2 | 5 | 2.3 |
| Dec | 31 | 16 | 2.0 | 5 | 14.5 |
| Year | 55 | 35 | 33.8 | 69 | 51.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Oconto 4 W, WI (660 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 Little Suamico
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 35 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Little Suamico: 30 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 lightning strikes, 1 flood and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 2 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on June 27, 2013.
August 3, 2014: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of Little Suamico — 2 killed.
August 25, 1996: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Little Suamico — 1 injured, $10,000 damage.
March 15, 2019: flood 4 miles from the centre of Little Suamico — $1.1 million 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Little Suamico's ZIP code 54141 have filed 37 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $362,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 3% 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, 80 have fewer than Little Suamico.
Oconto County, which includes Little Suamico, has been named in 6 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 drought, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Oconto County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and inland flooding; Very Low for coastal flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.4 million a year, the 38th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.5 million (56%), 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.