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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Berlin, 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 New Berlin, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 89 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
89

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near New Berlin

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of New Berlin, Wisconsin, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1119 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 4

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

By decade

  • 2020s11
  • 2010s13
  • 2000s10
  • 1990s2
  • 1980s18(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s13
  • 1950s8
Strongest tornadoes near New Berlin, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 27, 1984F48 mi6.5 mi1 / 14
Jun 5, 1980F322 mi10.7 mi0 / 0
Jun 5, 1977F32 mi69.5 mi0 / 8
Jul 22, 2010EF29 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 2010EF217 mi5.22 mi0 / 15
Jun 15, 1981F217 mi28.7 mi0 / 3
Aug 4, 1980F214 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 2, 1977F26 mi9.3 mi0 / 2
Aug 25, 1975F28 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Sep 28, 1972F213 mi1 mi0 / 0
Sep 28, 1972F222 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 1969F28 mi13.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 89, 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 New Berlin 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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