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Wisconsin Tornado Facts
*Our state averages about 21 tornadoes every year. The greatest number was 58 in 2005 and just two years before that in 2003, only 14 tornadoes were recorded.
*The busiest time for tornado activity in Wisconsin is from May through August, but tornadoes have occurred in every month except February.
*Most tornadoes occur between noon and 9PM, with late afternoon being the time of peak activity.
*A tornado usually travels southwest to northeast or east to west.
*The average tornado travels about two miles on the ground and has a path width of just under 50yards.
*The deadliest Wisconsin tornado occurred in June 1899 when 117 people died and 125 were injured. In more recent times, the Barneveld tornado of June 1984 killed 9 and injured 200.
*The Oakfield tornado of July 1996 and the Barneveld tornado were the costliest, with each doing over $40,000,000 in damage. Both were F5 as was is assumed the above June 1899 twister.
*Tornadoes in April 1929 and May 1878 traveled 170 and 150 miles on the ground, respectively. Tornadoes in September 1984 and 1924 both traveled 120 miles on the ground.
*Since 1982, Dane and Rock Counties have had around 202 and 172 tornadoes. Counties with the fewest number of tornadoes were Menominee with 19 and Iron with 22.
*Wisconsin ranks 17th in the country for annual tornadoes. Texas 1st with an average of 125 and Washington, Delaware, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Alaska and the District of Columbia all rank last with fewer than one per year on average.
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If you talk to the animals they will talk to you, If you do not talk to them you will not know them. And what you do not know you will fear. What one fears,one destroys. ~Chief Dan George. (1899 - 1981)
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