Tornado History Map

Iron County, Wisconsin tornado history

8 tornadoes recorded in or across Iron County from 1958 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 Iron County

The Storm Prediction Center records 8 tornadoes whose paths touched Iron County, Wisconsin between 1958 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 7 July 1970. The most recent was on 25 September 2020.

  • 8tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 106per 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 Iron County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0225%
F1 / EF1450%
F2 / EF2113%
F3 / EF3113%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Iron County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in 1980s.1950s11960s11970s11980s22010s22020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s1
1980s2
2010s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May0Jun2Jul4Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun2
Jul4
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Iron County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Wisconsin tornado7 July 1970, F3, 37.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado25 September 2020, EF0, 0.8 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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