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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bangor, 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 Bangor, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 58 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
58

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bangor

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s7
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s7(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s7
  • 1960s13(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s3(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Bangor, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 5, 1980F320 mi26.9 mi0 / 1
May 5, 1965F39 mi65.2 mi0 / 7
May 26, 1959F323 mi34.3 mi0 / 2
Jun 15, 2022EF223 mi22.86 mi0 / 2
May 22, 2011EF223 mi64.5 mi0 / 1
May 22, 2011EF213 mi13.79 mi0 / 0
May 8, 1988F213 mi27 mi0 / 0
Jun 26, 1986F25 mi5.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 5, 1980F211 mi70.2 mi0 / 0
May 10, 1979F224 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 18, 1971F216 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 4, 1964F216 mi9.7 mi0 / 2

The strongest 12 of 58, 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 Bangor 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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