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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Crandon, WI

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

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Crandon, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Cristobal in 2020. Since 1950, 19 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
19

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

4 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Crandon

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Crandon, Wisconsin, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020CristobalJun 10overheadTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Crandon: 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 Crandon

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s5
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s1
  • 1980s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s3(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Crandon, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 25, 1950F423 mi13.1 mi2 / 12
Jun 8, 1985F310 mi68 mi2 / 42
Apr 10, 2011EF29 mi11.97 mi0 / 0
May 30, 1994F22 mi12 mi0 / 3
Apr 27, 1984F220 mi7.5 mi0 / 1
Jun 13, 1981F221 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 1972F29 mi66.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 30, 1968F214 mi1 mi0 / 0
Apr 10, 2011EF121 mi3.29 mi0 / 0
Apr 10, 2011EF123 mi5.3 mi0 / 0
Jun 14, 1980F125 mi1.5 mi0 / 3
Jun 13, 1976F124 mi21.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 19, 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 Crandon 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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