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 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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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1960 Atlantic hurricane season</span>

The 1960 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active season since 1952. The season officially began on June 15, and lasted until November 15. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The first system, an unnamed storm, developed in the Bay of Campeche on June 22. It brought severe local flooding to southeastern Texas and was considered the worst disaster in some towns since a Hurricane in 1945. The unnamed storm moved across the United States for almost a week before dissipating on June 29. In July, Hurricane Abby resulted in minor damage in the Leeward Islands, before impacting a few Central American counties — the remnants of the storm would go on to form Hurricane Celeste in the East Pacific. Later that month, Tropical Storm Brenda caused flooding across much of the East Coast of the United States. The next storm, Hurricane Cleo, caused no known impact, despite its close proximity to land.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1962 Atlantic hurricane season</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1977 Atlantic hurricane season</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1981 Atlantic hurricane season</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tropical Storm Allison (1989)</span> Atlantic tropical storm in 1989

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tropical Storm Barry (2007)</span> Atlantic tropical cyclone

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tropical Storm Andrea (2013)</span> Atlantic Tropical storm in the 2013

Tropical Storm Andrea brought flooding to Cuba, the Yucatan Peninsula, and portions of the East Coast of the United States in June 2013. The first tropical cyclone and named storm of the annual hurricane season, Andrea originated from an area of low pressure in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on June 5. Despite strong wind shear and an abundance of dry air, the storm strengthened while initially heading north-northeastward. Later on June 5, it re-curved northeastward and approached the Big Bend region of Florida. Andrea intensified and peaked as a strong tropical storm with winds at 65 mph (105 km/h) on June 6. A few hours later, the storm weakened slightly and made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida later that day. It began losing tropical characteristics while tracking across Florida and Georgia. Andrea transitioned into an extratropical cyclone over South Carolina on June 7, though the remnants continued to move along the East Coast of the United States, until being absorbed by another extratropical system offshore Maine on June 10.

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