Juneau County, Wisconsin tornado history

34 tornadoes recorded in or across Juneau County from 1957 to 2025, 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 Juneau County

The Storm Prediction Center records 34 tornadoes whose paths touched Juneau County, Wisconsin between 1957 and 2025. They killed 3 people and injured 57. The busiest month is May, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 19 April 1957. The most recent was on 16 July 2025.

  • 34tornadoes
  • 3deaths
  • 57injuries
  • 443per 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 Juneau County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0412%
F1 / EF11647%
F2 / EF21132%
F3 / EF326%
F4 / EF413%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Juneau County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 1980s.1950s21960s91970s31980s101990s22000s32010s22020s3

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s9
1970s3
1980s10
1990s2
2000s3
2010s2
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar3Apr4May8Jun5Jul6Aug5Sep1Oct2Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr4
May8
Jun5
Jul6
Aug5
Sep1
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Juneau County

  • Deadliest: Wisconsin tornado12 August 1985, F2, 2 deaths, 22 injuries, 22 miles long
  • Strongest: New Lisbon, Wisconsin tornado19 April 1957, F4, 1 death, 21.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Wisconsin tornado22 May 2011, EF2, 1 injury, 64.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado16 July 2025, EF0, 0.2 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Juneau County

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

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