NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Monroe, 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 Monroe, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 81 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 81
- 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 Monroe
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Monroe; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 55 mph winds when its centre passed 20 miles away. Monroe 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 81 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on August 18, 2005, came within 24 miles. Of the 81, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 36 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 32. The most recent tornado was on July 15, 2024. Monroe has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 55% of the 416 Wisconsin cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 51 times since 1974, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 416 Wisconsin cities, 53% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Monroe.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Monroe
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Monroe: 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 Monroe
By decade
- 2020s13
- 2010s13
- 2000s10(1 EF3+)
- 1990s10(1 EF3+)
- 1980s11(1 EF3+)
- 1970s7
- 1960s12(2 EF3+)
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2005 | F3 | 24 mi | 18.6 mi | 1 / 23 |
| Jun 17, 1992 | F3 | 20 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 30 |
| May 8, 1988 | F3 | 19 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 16, 1967 | F3 | 4 mi | 27.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 24, 1967 | F3 | 14 mi | 24.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 27, 1991 | F2 | 20 mi | 32 mi | 1 / 5 |
| Oct 8, 1958 | F2 | 15 mi | 81 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jul 15, 2024 | EF2 | 17 mi | 15.41 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 2024 | EF2 | 13 mi | 6.87 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 8, 2024 | EF2 | 18 mi | 25.9 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 8, 1988 | F2 | 20 mi | 27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 1985 | F2 | 23 mi | 21 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 81, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Monroe
The Storm Prediction Center has 51 hail reports within 10 miles of Monroe since 1974, made on 31 separate days. Of these, 39 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on April 7, 2020. The most recent report is from May 15, 2025. April has the most reports, 15.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Monroe
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Monroe Wwtp, WI, 1 mile west of Monroe at 991 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 27°F and 11°F. June is the wettest at 6.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.6 inches; the year adds up to 39.9 inches over 73 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 16 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 150 nights a year. Snowfall averages 41.5 inches a year, most of it in January. That 39.9 inches is more than at 161 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (98%). Albany, 13 miles northeast, has its own station (Brodhead Wwtp, WI): 38.5 inches a year, 1.4 less than here, and the same July average high, 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 11 | 1.6 | 5 | 11.8 |
| Feb | 31 | 14 | 1.7 | 5 | 10.5 |
| Mar | 44 | 25 | 2.1 | 5 | 4.7 |
| Apr | 57 | 37 | 3.8 | 7 | 1.4 |
| May | 70 | 49 | 4.1 | 8 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 79 | 59 | 6.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 63 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 61 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 52 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 40 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 45 | 29 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 32 | 18 | 1.9 | 5 | 10.6 |
| Year | 57 | 38 | 39.9 | 73 | 41.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Monroe Wwtp, WI (991 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 Monroe
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 104 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Monroe: 94 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods, 4 floods and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $24.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 87 mph, on June 17, 2014.
May 16, 1999: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Monroe — 1 injured, $40,000 damage.
NWS: “Severe thunderstorm winds rolled a mobile home trailer over and destroyed it. The occupant of the trailer suffered 2 dislocated shoulders, cuts, and abrasions.”
June 8, 2008: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Monroe — $21.3 million damage.
August 22, 2007: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Monroe — $1.4 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
Green County, which includes Monroe, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 3 floods, 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Green County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.8 million a year, the 47th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.8 million (38%), 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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