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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Reedsburg, WI

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Reedsburg, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 66 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
66

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Reedsburg

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2000s13
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s13
  • 1970s9
  • 1960s17(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near Reedsburg, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 3, 1964F323 mi17.1 mi0 / 4
Aug 16, 1963F321 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963F321 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963F321 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Aug 18, 2005F219 mi20 mi0 / 3
Aug 18, 2005F212 mi14.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 4, 1994F220 mi8 mi0 / 0
Jun 26, 1989F210 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
May 8, 1988F212 mi20 mi0 / 0
Oct 16, 1984F217 mi17 mi0 / 3
Aug 9, 1979F214 mi2.7 mi0 / 0
Mar 31, 1967F211 mi1.9 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 66, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Reedsburg while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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