La Crosse County, Wisconsin tornado history

21 tornadoes recorded in or across La Crosse County from 1954 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 La Crosse County

The Storm Prediction Center records 21 tornadoes whose paths touched La Crosse County, Wisconsin between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 5 May 1965. The most recent was on 25 June 2025.

  • 21tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 9injuries
  • 465per 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 La Crosse County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0524%
F1 / EF11152%
F2 / EF2419%
F3 / EF315%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

La Crosse County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1960s.1950s21960s51970s11980s31990s22000s22010s32020s3

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
1960s5
1970s1
1980s3
1990s2
2000s2
2010s3
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr2May6Jun7Jul4Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May6
Jun7
Jul4
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for La Crosse County

  • Strongest: Minnesota tornado5 May 1965, F3, 7 injuries, 65.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Wisconsin tornado5 June 1980, F2, 70.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado25 June 2025, EF0, 1.1 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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