NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Redgranite, 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 Redgranite, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Cristobal in 2020. Since 1950, 102 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 1
Tornadoes: 102
EF3 or stronger: 9

What the records show for Redgranite

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Redgranite; the strongest was Cristobal in 2020, a tropical storm with 40 mph winds when its centre passed 66 miles away. Redgranite 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 102 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 27, 1984, came within 17 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on April 3, 1956, killed 7 people. Of the 102, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 41 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 34. The most recent tornado was on May 21, 2024. Redgranite has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 72% of the 416 Wisconsin cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 52 times since 1984, with stones up to 4.25 inches. Of the 416 Wisconsin cities, 53% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Redgranite.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Redgranite

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Redgranite, Wisconsin, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
2020	CristobalJun 10	66 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 Redgranite: 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 Redgranite

By decade

2020s6
2010s22
2000s13(1 EF3+)
1990s29(1 EF3+)
1980s10(2 EF3+)
1970s7(2 EF3+)
1960s6
1950s9(3 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Redgranite, Wisconsin
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Apr 3, 1956	F4	11 mi	11.5 mi	7 / 50
Sep 26, 1951	F4	21 mi	26.4 mi	6 / 3
Apr 27, 1984	F4	17 mi	27.5 mi	1 / 19
Apr 21, 1974	F4	23 mi	26 mi	0 / 35
Aug 29, 1992	F3	4 mi	28 mi	1 / 30
Jun 23, 2004	F3	24 mi	33.3 mi	0 / 0
Jun 8, 1984	F3	24 mi	29 mi	0 / 1
Jun 5, 1977	F3	25 mi	69.5 mi	0 / 8
Jun 25, 1950	F3	10 mi	0.1 mi	0 / 0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	25 mi	18.2 mi	2 / 2
Jun 23, 2004	F2	22 mi	11 mi	0 / 0
Jun 23, 2004	F2	15 mi	10 mi	0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 102, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Redgranite

The Storm Prediction Center has 52 hail reports within 10 miles of Redgranite since 1984, made on 32 separate days. Of these, 38 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.25 inches, fell on May 22, 2011. The most recent report is from June 10, 2023. June has the most reports, 15.

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

Weather by month in Redgranite

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Berlin Wwtp, WI, 9 miles southeast of Redgranite at 766 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 25°F and 8°F. July is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 35.2 inches over 73 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 8 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 161 nights a year. That 35.2 inches is more than at 96 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (58%). Neshkoro, 9 miles southwest, has its own station (Montello, WI): 36.4 inches a year, 1.2 more than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 81°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Berlin Wwtp, WI
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	25	8	1.4	4
Feb	30	11	1.3	5
Mar	41	21	2.8	5
Apr	55	33	3.6	8
May	67	46	4.2	8
Jun	77	56	4.2	8
Jul	81	60	4.5	7
Aug	80	58	3.6	7
Sep	72	49	3.5	7
Oct	58	38	2.7	7
Nov	43	26	2.0	4
Dec	31	15	1.4	5
Year	55	35	35.2	73

Averages for 1991–2020 at Berlin Wwtp, WI (766 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Redgranite

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 64 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Redgranite: 57 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 1 flash flood. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $6.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on July 13, 2015.

July 30, 2002: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Redgranite — 1 killed, 1 injured.
August 3, 1997: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Redgranite — $6.0 million damage.
September 2, 2011: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Redgranite — $500,000 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

Waushara County, which includes Redgranite, has been named in 10 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Waushara County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $14.2 million a year, the 54th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.9 million (42%), 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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