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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Denmark, 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 Denmark, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 60 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
60

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Denmark

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s13
  • 2000s7
  • 1990s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s5
  • 1970s16
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s6
Strongest tornadoes near Denmark, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 5, 1994F43 mi3.5 mi0 / 2
Apr 10, 2011EF224 mi1.52 mi0 / 0
Jul 5, 1994F24 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1980F220 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Apr 22, 1970F215 mi3.6 mi0 / 2
Apr 22, 1970F224 mi9.5 mi0 / 1
Apr 22, 1970F218 mi11.2 mi0 / 2
Apr 22, 1970F213 mi7.2 mi0 / 1
Aug 16, 1968F224 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 8, 1964F219 mi30.6 mi0 / 5
May 10, 1959F214 mi4.3 mi0 / 3
May 21, 2024EF123 mi2.69 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 60, 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 Denmark 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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