NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marshall, 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 October 26, 2026

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Marshall, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 139 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 1
Tornadoes: 139
EF3 or stronger: 12

What the records show for Marshall

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Marshall; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 46 miles away. Marshall is tied for the most tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles among the 416 Wisconsin cities on this site. The strongest of the 139 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on June 7, 1984; its path came within 24 miles, and it killed 9 people. Of the 139, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 65 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 45. The most recent tornado was on July 16, 2025. Marshall has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 97% of the 416 Wisconsin cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 120 times since 1956, with stones up to 4.25 inches. Marshall has more hail reports within 10 miles than 86% of the 416 Wisconsin cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Marshall

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Marshall, Wisconsin, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
1900	Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11	46 mi	Tropical storm (58 mph)	Category 4

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

By decade

2020s17
2010s18
2000s30(1 EF3+)
1990s10(1 EF3+)
1980s29(4 EF3+)
1970s16(1 EF3+)
1960s15(4 EF3+)
1950s4(1 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Marshall, Wisconsin
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Jun 7, 1984	F5	24 mi	36 mi	9 / 200
Sep 26, 1951	F4	22 mi	9 mi	1 / 9
Aug 2, 1967	F3	18 mi	0.1 mi	2 / 5
Aug 18, 2005	F3	17 mi	18.6 mi	1 / 23
Jun 17, 1992	F3	14 mi	16 mi	0 / 30
Jun 8, 1984	F3	21 mi	29 mi	0 / 1
Jun 5, 1980	F3	16 mi	10.7 mi	0 / 0
Apr 7, 1980	F3	22 mi	1.2 mi	0 / 4
Jun 4, 1975	F3	6 mi	2.3 mi	0 / 0
Aug 16, 1963	F3	24 mi	9.6 mi	0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963	F3	24 mi	9.6 mi	0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963	F3	24 mi	9.6 mi	0 / 13

The strongest 12 of 139, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Marshall

The Storm Prediction Center has 120 hail reports within 10 miles of Marshall since 1956, made on 77 separate days. Of these, 70 were 1 inch across or larger, and 8 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.25 inches, fell on April 13, 2006. The most recent report is from May 15, 2025. June has the most reports, 27.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Marshall

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Waterloo Wwtp, WI, 5 miles east of Marshall at 800 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 27°F and 11°F. June is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.4 inches; the year adds up to 38.3 inches over 73 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 9 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 147 nights a year. That 38.3 inches is more than at 146 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (88%). Sun Prairie, 8 miles west, has its own station (Madison Dane Regional Airport, WI): 37.2 inches a year, 1.1 less than here, and the same July average high, 82°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Waterloo Wwtp, WI
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	27	11	1.4	4
Feb	31	14	1.6	4
Mar	43	24	2.0	5
Apr	57	35	3.9	7
May	69	46	4.2	8
Jun	79	57	5.6	9
Jul	82	61	4.4	6
Aug	81	59	4.1	7
Sep	73	50	3.9	7
Oct	61	38	3.0	7
Nov	45	28	2.4	5
Dec	33	18	1.8	5
Year	57	37	38.3	73

Averages for 1991–2020 at Waterloo Wwtp, WI (800 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.

Wisconsin weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Marshall

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 89 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Marshall: 73 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 floods, 6 flash floods and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on June 28, 2008. August has had the most flash floods, 3 of 6. Of the 374 Wisconsin cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 197 have had fewer than Marshall.

August 17, 2018: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Marshall — $944,000 damage.
June 10, 1999: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Marshall — $200,000 damage.
March 5, 2022: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of Marshall — $200,000 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

Dane County, which includes Marshall, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1976, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Dane County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $182.0 million a year, the 2nd highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $84.0 million (46%), 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).

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