List of Wisconsin hurricanes

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Wisconsin, located well inland in North America, is infrequently affected by the remnants of tropical cyclones impacting in the Southern United States. It has never been directly impacted by the full effects of a hurricane. [1] Since 1851, when reliable records for the North Atlantic hurricane basin began, [2] no cyclones have traversed the state while retaining tropical characteristics. Only three of these storms have tracked directly across the state. Under normal circumstances, mid-latitude westerlies push remnant cyclones from the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico northeast or east and away from the Midwestern United States. In some cases, an area of high pressure over the Central United States can cause storms to travel farther north than normal. [3] Hurricane Carla in 1961 produced the greatest rainfall of any of these storms with 7.58 in (193 mm) falling in Brodhead.

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List of storms

A map of rainfall accumulations associated with the remnants of Hurricane Carla in mid-September 1961 across the Upper Mississippi River Valley. Hurricane Carla upper Mississippi rainfall.jpg
A map of rainfall accumulations associated with the remnants of Hurricane Carla in mid-September 1961 across the Upper Mississippi River Valley.

1900s

The remnants of Hurricane Chantal impacting southeastern Wisconsin on August 4, 1989 Remnants of Hurricane Chantal 1989-08-04 0631Z.png
The remnants of Hurricane Chantal impacting southeastern Wisconsin on August 4, 1989

2000s

Clouds from Hurricane Isaac (2012) in eastern Wisconsin Isaac Sep 1 2012 in Wisconsin 1523 GMT.jpg
Clouds from Hurricane Isaac (2012) in eastern Wisconsin

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