NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Oakfield, 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 Oakfield, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 136 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 1
Tornadoes: 136
EF3 or stronger: 9

What the records show for Oakfield

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Oakfield; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 73 miles away. Oakfield is tied for the most tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles among the 416 Wisconsin cities on this site. The strongest of the 136 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on July 18, 1996; its path came within 1 mile. The deadliest, an F3 on April 21, 1974, killed 2 people. Of the 136, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 67 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 48. The most recent tornado was on July 16, 2025. Oakfield has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 96% of the 416 Wisconsin cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 64 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Oakfield has more hail reports within 10 miles than 58% of the 416 Wisconsin cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Oakfield

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Oakfield, Wisconsin, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
1900	Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11	73 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 Oakfield: 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 Oakfield

By decade

2020s9
2010s25
2000s33(2 EF3+)
1990s12(1 EF3+)
1980s24(2 EF3+)
1970s18(4 EF3+)
1960s12
1950s3

Strongest tornadoes near Oakfield, Wisconsin
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Jul 18, 1996	F5	1 mi	13.3 mi	0 / 12
Apr 21, 1974	F4	13 mi	26 mi	0 / 35
Apr 21, 1974	F3	7 mi	58.6 mi	2 / 18
Jun 23, 2004	F3	12 mi	7.6 mi	1 / 1
Jun 23, 2004	F3	6 mi	33.3 mi	0 / 0
Jun 8, 1984	F3	21 mi	29 mi	0 / 1
Apr 7, 1980	F3	25 mi	1.2 mi	0 / 4
Jun 5, 1977	F3	3 mi	69.5 mi	0 / 8
Apr 21, 1974	F3	6 mi	22.2 mi	0 / 0
Jul 18, 1996	F2	23 mi	6.4 mi	1 / 1
May 15, 2025	EF2	12 mi	8.28 mi	0 / 0
May 15, 2025	EF2	17 mi	11.48 mi	0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 136, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Oakfield

The Storm Prediction Center has 64 hail reports within 10 miles of Oakfield since 1955, made on 47 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 July 15, 1995. The most recent report is from August 16, 2025. July has the most reports, 16.

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

Weather by month in Oakfield

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Fond Du Lac Co Airport, WI, 7 miles northeast of Oakfield at 809 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 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 28.3 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 7 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 143 nights a year. That 28.3 inches is more than at 2 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (1%). Fond Du Lac, 8 miles northeast, has its own station (Fond Du Lac 2 SW, WI): 32.4 inches a year, 4.1 more than here, and the same July average high, 82°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Fond Du Lac Co Airport, WI
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	27	11	0.7	2
Feb	30	14	0.7	3
Mar	42	24	1.7	5
Apr	56	35	2.8	6
May	68	47	3.3	8
Jun	78	57	4.1	8
Jul	82	61	3.4	6
Aug	80	59	3.5	6
Sep	73	51	2.9	6
Oct	59	40	2.5	6
Nov	45	29	1.8	4
Dec	32	18	0.9	3
Year	56	37	28.3	61

Averages for 1991–2020 at Fond Du Lac Co Airport, WI (809 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 Oakfield

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 101 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Oakfield: 84 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 flash floods, 5 floods, 4 lightning strikes and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $4.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 13, 2009. June has had the most flash floods, 4 of 6. Of the 374 Wisconsin cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 197 have had fewer than Oakfield.

May 31, 1998: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Oakfield — 1 injured, $2.1 million damage.
April 17, 2004: thunderstorm wind in Oakfield — $250,000 damage.
August 26, 2004: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Oakfield — $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

Fond du Lac County, which includes Oakfield, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1974, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Fond du Lac County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $44.1 million a year, the 15th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $19.5 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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