Tornado History Map

Ashland County, Wisconsin tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across Ashland County from 1961 to 2020, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Ashland County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched Ashland County, Wisconsin between 1961 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 14 August 1961. The most recent was on 18 July 2020.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 105per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Ashland County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0764%
F1 / EF1218%
F2 / EF2218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ashland County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1980s.1960s11980s41990s22010s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1980s4
1990s2
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun1Jul5Aug3Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul5
Aug3
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Ashland County

  • Strongest: Wisconsin tornado14 August 1961, F2, 4.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Wisconsin tornado16 September 1992, F0, 6.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado18 July 2020, EF1, 0.6 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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