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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hayward, 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 Hayward, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 12 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
12

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

4 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hayward

By decade

  • 2010s1
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Hayward, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 10, 1953F224 mi105.7 mi4 / 27
Jun 30, 1968F223 mi39 mi0 / 2
Jul 18, 2019EF123 mi1.3 mi0 / 0
Aug 9, 1992F110 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 9, 1992F19 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1985F123 mi5 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1971F115 mi6.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 10, 1966F17 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 5, 1999F024 mi3.5 mi0 / 0
May 12, 1998F016 mi3 mi0 / 0
May 12, 1998F024 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 12, 1998F013 mi3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 12, 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 Hayward 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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