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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cumberland, 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 Cumberland, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 68 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
68

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

9 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cumberland

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s14(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s13(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s15
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s10
  • 1950s4(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Cumberland, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 18, 2001F319 mi34 mi2 / 16
Jun 23, 1952F314 mi18.2 mi2 / 6
May 16, 2017EF320 mi82.53 mi1 / 25
Jul 30, 1977F316 mi9.1 mi0 / 0
May 10, 1953F27 mi105.7 mi4 / 27
Apr 26, 1994F223 mi4 mi0 / 0
Sep 11, 1990F221 mi3 mi0 / 0
Sep 11, 1990F29 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 22, 1967F211 mi49.1 mi0 / 6
Jul 10, 1966F221 mi2 mi0 / 2
May 7, 1965F214 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 5, 1965F22 mi4.5 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 68, 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 Cumberland 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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