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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cuba City, 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 Cuba City, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 103 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
103

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Cuba City

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Cuba City, Wisconsin, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1135 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 4

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

By decade

  • 2020s15
  • 2010s12
  • 2000s16
  • 1990s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s13
  • 1950s6
Strongest tornadoes near Cuba City, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 19, 1993F38 mi14 mi0 / 0
May 8, 1988F311 mi16 mi0 / 0
Sep 9, 1970F38 mi4.7 mi0 / 0
Jul 15, 2024EF222 mi15.41 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 2014EF28 mi3.76 mi0 / 5
May 15, 1998F24 mi20 mi0 / 11
Mar 27, 1991F221 mi1.5 mi0 / 1
May 8, 1988F223 mi7.5 mi0 / 0
May 30, 1985F222 mi16 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1984F210 mi11 mi0 / 0
Sep 28, 1972F214 mi64.5 mi0 / 3
Sep 9, 1970F29 mi15.7 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 103, 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 Cuba City 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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