COLBY, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin has already surpassed its total tornado count from last year.
The latest confirmed twister happened Monday morning in Colby, where an EF-0 tornado touched down. The number of tornadoes in the state in 2024 is now at 24.
The 2023 total of 21 was surpassed last month, and the current total has overtaken Wisconsin’s annual average of 23 tornadoes within a calendar year.
National Weather Service data shows the year with the greatest number of tornadoes in the state was 2005, when 62 were confirmed.