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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Richmond, 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

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of New Richmond, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 89 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
89

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
6

31 deaths in all

What the records show for New Richmond

The strongest of the 89 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on June 4, 1958; its path came within 18 miles, and it killed 21 people. Of the 89, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 48 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 37. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. New Richmond has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 61% of the 416 Wisconsin cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 73 times since 1965, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). New Richmond has more hail reports within 10 miles than 65% of the 416 Wisconsin cities.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of New Richmond

By decade

  • 2020s10
  • 2010s17(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s21(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s7
  • 1980s10
  • 1970s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s12
  • 1950s8(3 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near New Richmond, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 4, 1958F518 mi33.7 mi21 / 74
Jun 23, 1952F321 mi18.2 mi2 / 6
May 16, 2017EF320 mi82.53 mi1 / 25
May 25, 2008EF320 mi5.96 mi1 / 17
Jul 30, 1977F316 mi9.1 mi0 / 0
May 24, 1958F311 mi59.4 mi0 / 12
May 10, 1953F23 mi105.7 mi4 / 27
Jul 15, 1980F218 mi0.1 mi1 / 12
Jul 18, 1971F218 mi38.5 mi1 / 2
May 15, 2025EF25 mi3.94 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 2010EF225 mi6.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 2010EF223 mi15.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 89, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in New Richmond

The Storm Prediction Center has 73 hail reports within 10 miles of New Richmond since 1965, made on 39 separate days. Of these, 50 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on May 25, 2008. The most recent report is from June 19, 2025. June has the most reports, 32.

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

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Weather by month in New Richmond

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Baldwin, WI, 13 miles southeast of New Richmond at 1,100 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 59°F; January is the coolest, at 20°F and 2°F. June is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 33.0 inches over 65 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 43.4 inches a year, most of it in January and December. That 33.0 inches is more than at 40 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (24%). Star Prairie, 7 miles north, has its own station (Amery, WI): 34.6 inches a year, 1.6 more than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 79°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Baldwin, WI
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan2020.839.4
Feb2650.828.0
Mar37191.548.3
Apr54332.863.3
May66454.080.5
Jun76565.290.0
Jul79594.170.0
Aug77574.960.0
Sep71493.460.0
Oct56362.860.4
Nov40231.644.1
Dec27101.149.4
Year523333.06543.4

Averages for 1991–2020 at Baldwin, WI (1,100 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 New Richmond

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 72 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of New Richmond: 68 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $49.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on August 13, 2007.

  • April 14, 2017: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of New Richmond — 2 injured.

  • August 13, 2007: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of New Richmond — $45.0 million damage.

    NWS: “A large swath of severe thunderstorm wind damage occurred from just west of New Richmond to the Glenwood City area, as determined by a National Weather Service damage survey. This swath of damage occurred within an approximately two to four mile width between these two cities.”

  • May 19, 1996: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of New Richmond — $3.0 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 New Richmond's ZIP code 54017 have filed 21 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $470,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 10% 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, 55 have fewer than New Richmond.

St. Croix County, which includes New Richmond, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives St. Croix County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $36.0 million a year, the 21st highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $15.7 million (44%), 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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