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Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Middleton, WI

Public hail, wind, and tornado reports in and near Middleton, WI from August 2, 1967 through April 14, 2026, sourced from NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports and SPC storm report data.

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Hail Reports
50
Wind Reports
30
Tornado Reports
2
Max Hail Size
2.75″
Source  NOAA SPC · NWS Local Storm Reports Coverage  Middleton, WI · 1967–present Updated  Daily · last Apr 14, 2026

Latest NWS Hail Reports in and near Middleton, WI

30 reports
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2.00″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
10:09 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 SE Middleton, WI
2.00″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
10:06 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 E Middleton, WI
1.50″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
10:02 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Middleton, WI
2.00″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:59 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 3 NE Middleton, WI
1.75″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:58 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 NW Middleton, WI
2.50″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:55 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Middleton, WI
1.75″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:55 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 E Middleton, WI
1.50″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:54 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 S Middleton, WI
2.00″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:52 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 2 S Middleton, WI
1.25″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:49 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 3 S Middleton, WI
1.25″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:49 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 4 S Middleton, WI
2.75″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:45 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Trained spotter measures hail stones as large as 2.75 inches in diameter.
NWS Hail Report Location: 4 SW Middleton, WI
1.75″ hail
Apr 14, 2026
9:44 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 W Middleton, WI
1.50″ hail
May 15, 2025
9:20 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 3 W Middleton, WI
1.00″ hail
May 15, 2025
9:20 PM UTC
Hail report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 2 N Middleton, WI
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Hail Damage Risk for Your Home +

Hail reports describe hail by diameter, often comparing stone size to familiar objects like peas, quarters, golf balls, and softballs. Use this guide as a starting point for possible hail damage to your roof, siding, gutters, vents, windows, and exterior. Actual hail damage depends on hail hardness, density, wind speed, impact angle, roof age, shingle condition, roof pitch, roofing material, installation quality, and prior storm damage.

Pea
0.25″
Low

Usually too small to cause hail damage to most sound asphalt roofs, siding, or gutters.

Mothball
0.50″
Sub-Severe Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but not always harmless. Repeated small hail can scuff surfaces, wear aging shingles, and loosen protective granules over time.

Penny
0.75″
Minor / Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but roof hail damage is still possible on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged shingles. May also mark screens, vents, gutters, and soft metal.

Nickel
0.88″
Minor / Watch

Still below the severe-hail threshold, but large enough to leave visible marks on soft metal and add wear to older or hail-weakened roof shingles.

Quarter
1.00″
Watch

The NWS severe-hail threshold. Quarter-size hail can bruise shingles, dent soft metal, and create roof hail damage worth checking.

Half Dollar
1.25″
Watch

More likely to dent gutters, vents, flashing, and siding. Hail damage risk rises quickly on older roofs or hail-weakened shingles.

Ping Pong / Walnut
1.50″
Likely

Hail damage becomes more likely, including bruised shingles, granule loss, dented siding, and damaged roof vents.

Golf Ball
1.75″
Likely

Often causes roof hail damage, cracked shingles, dented gutters, damaged flashing, and siding impacts. A roof inspection is recommended.

Hen Egg
2.00″
Serious

Can crack or puncture shingles, expose mat, dent siding, and cause widespread hail damage across the roof and exterior.

Tennis Ball
2.50″
Serious

Can cause heavy roof hail damage, punctured siding, broken skylights, damaged vents, and widespread exterior damage.

Baseball
2.75″
Major

Major hail damage is likely, including severe roof impacts, damaged siding, broken windows, and possible major roof repairs.

Tea Cup / Large Apple
3.00″
Major

Can cause heavy hail damage across the roof, siding, gutters, windows, and exterior. Significant repairs are often needed.

Softball
4.00″
Extreme

Destructive hail damage. Can severely damage roofing materials, siding, windows, gutters, vents, vehicles, and exterior surfaces.

Grapefruit
4.50″
Extreme

Catastrophic hail damage risk for roofs, windows, vehicles, siding, gutters, and exterior surfaces.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service hail size references are used for hail-size comparisons and the 1.00″ severe-hail threshold. Damage descriptions are general homeowner guidance, not official NOAA/NWS damage ratings. Sub-severe hail under 1.00″ is below the severe threshold, but that does not mean “no roof damage.” Penny- to nickel-size hail can still contribute to granule loss, cosmetic surface marks, and added wear, especially on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged roofs.

Latest NWS Wind Reports in and near Middleton, WI

30 reports
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UNK mph
Apr 14, 2026
5:20 AM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Portions of a roof and beams lifted off a house. Images sent via Facebook. Time estimated by radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 W Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Jun 12, 2024
10:35 PM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Numerous reports of tree limbs down in Middleton. At 535 PM CDT... Middleton Airport AWOS measured gusts to 49 mph.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 WNW Middleton, WI
59 mph
May 23, 2024
1:30 AM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2 WNW Middleton, WI
UNK mph
May 23, 2024
1:25 AM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: We had several trees go down at around 8:25 tonight including a large old oak tree across West Old Sauk Road and a pine snapped in half here in Middleton Township. Many large branches came down as well.
NWS Wind Report Location: 4 NE Riley, WI
UNK mph
May 23, 2024
12:58 AM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Several trees down including a large old 4 foot diameter oak tree across Old Sauk Road and a 12 inch pine snapped in half. Many large 3 to 6 inch branches down as well.
NWS Wind Report Location: 4 WSW Middleton, WI
UNK mph
May 12, 2024
9:34 PM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Report of trees down. No specific location given at this time. Time estimated from radar.
NWS Wind Report Location: Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Jun 13, 2022
7:50 PM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG WITH BLOWN TRANSFORMERS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF MADISON AND MIDDLETON.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 SSW Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Aug 10, 2021
10:42 PM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
NWS Wind Report Location: Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Jul 30, 2021
5:50 AM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ACROSS MIDDLETON. TREES ON POWERLINES AND TREES ON HOUSES AND OTHER STRUCTURES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
NWS Wind Report Location: Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Aug 28, 2020
1:53 AM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: POWER LINES DOWN ON CENTURY AVE.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 ENE Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Jun 27, 2019
8:40 PM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TOP HALF OF MATURE MAPLE SNAPPED OFF ONTO GARAGE ON UNIVERSITY AVE IN MIDDLETON. MANY BRANCHES DOWN ALSO.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SE Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Jun 27, 2019
8:40 PM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN MIDDLETON AND WEST MADISON.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 S Middleton, WI
UNK mph
Mar 7, 2017
5:39 AM UTC
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: ONE LARGE TREE DOWN IN TOWN OF MIDDLETON.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2 WSW Middleton, WI
75 mph
Jun 18, 2014
6:40 AM CST-6
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: A swath of straight line wind damage occurred. Exterior walls of several floors of the WI Trade Center sustained damage. Trees down in the surrounding area. A 3 to 4 block area between Sawmill Road and Tramore Trail suffered numerous uprooted or snapped trees. The upper portion of the side of a home was torn off, along with some shingles removed from homes. A large tree landed on and crushed a mini-van.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1.65 WSW Middleton, WI
64 mph
Aug 22, 2013
8:00 AM CST-6
Wind report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Two large pear trees blown down and the top half of an apple tree removed. Several other trees down in the area.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2.45 SW Madison Morey Arpt, WI
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Wind Damage Risk for Your Home +

Storm reports list thunderstorm wind gusts in mph. The NWS marks storms as severe at 58+ mph, but wind damage to your home depends on roof age, shingle condition, installation, exposure, nearby trees, and prior hail or wind damage.

Below Severe
Under 58 mph
Minor

Usually little damage to a sound roof, but loose shingles, flashing, or debris may shift.

Severe
58–74 mph
Watch

Can loosen shingles, lift flashing, break limbs, and damage gutters, siding, fences, or trim.

Damaging
75–90 mph
Serious

Can peel shingles, damage vents, tear siding, rip gutters, and expose weak roof areas.

Extreme
90+ mph
Major

Can cause major roof covering loss, tree damage, broken windows, and structural damage.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service storm reports. Gusts may be measured or estimated; actual wind damage varies by roof condition, exposure, and prior hail or wind damage.

Latest NWS Tornado Reports in and near Middleton, WI

2 reports
F1 category
Jun 23, 2004
7:35 PM CST
Tornado report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A weak F1 tornado (100-110 mph) spun up just west of the southwest Beltline at a point 2.5 miles SW of Middleton (half-mile north of intersection of CTH S and Pleasant View Rd.). It moved east-southeast across the West Town Mall, through the UW-Madison Research Park, ultimately ending about 1/3 mile east of STH 151/Park St (2.3 miles south of Capitol Square). In the Research Park many windows were blown out of business offices, and damage was inflicted to UW-MSN agricultural buildings. At least 194 residential homes had minor damage (roof/siding), and 11 had major damage (windows/roofs - total of $410K). At least 8 businesses had minor damage, and 1 had major damage (roof partially torn off and 1 wall damaged). Total business damage was about $246K. The UW-Madison Research Park had about $729K in damage. Many vehicles sustained some degree of damage ($100K), and one semi was blown over. At least 1000 large trees were damaged. Estimated total tornado damage is $1.485M. An additional cleanup cost of about $347K was reported. At least 2000 customers lost their electrical power. Average path width was about 150 yards.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 3 SW Middleton, WI
F3 category
Aug 2, 1967
2:05 AM CST
Tornado report for Middleton, WI
Dane County · 129,925 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Not provided, WI
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Tornado Damage Risk for Your Home +

After a tornado, the National Weather Service assigns an EF rating from EF0 to EF5 based on surveyed damage. The rating estimates wind speed from what the tornado damaged, so actual damage can vary by construction quality, roof age, garage doors, windows, trees, debris, and how close the home was to the tornado path.

EF0
65–85 mph
Light

Can peel shingles, damage gutters or siding, break tree limbs, and toss loose outdoor items.

EF1
86–110 mph
Moderate

Can strip roof covering, damage exterior doors, break windows, snap trees, and cause heavier siding or gutter damage.

EF2
111–135 mph
Serious

Can tear off large sections of roofing, break or uproot trees, destroy weaker structures, and cause major exterior damage.

EF3–EF5
136+ mph
Severe

Can remove roofs and walls, destroy large portions of homes, toss vehicles, and cause severe to total destruction near the path.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service. EF ratings are assigned after a post-storm damage survey and are based on observed damage, not a direct measurement at every home.

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U.S. Census Data · City

Middleton, WI area census snapshot

People & households
Population22,235
Households10,422
Housing units10,781
Income
Median household income$85,526
$100k+ households43.4%
$150k+ households18.5%
Housing stock
Single-family detached3,978
Attached single-family751
Small multifamily2,223
Large multifamily3,808
Mobile homes21
Housing mix
Single-family share36.9%
Attached-home share7.0%
Multifamily share55.9%
Mobile-home share0.2%
Ownership & occupancy
Owner-occupied5,034
Renter-occupied5,388
Vacant units359
Home value & age
Median home value$457,400
Owner homes $300k+79.1%
Owner homes $500k+40.3%
Owner homes $750k+13.3%
Median year built1986
Older-home share42.0%
Vehicle context
Households with cars9,899
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Frequently asked questions

for homeowners, buyers & sellers
How many hail, wind, and tornado reports does Middleton have on record?

Our records show 50 hail, 30 wind, and 2 tornado reports in and near Middleton, WI, compiled from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. The most recent was reported on April 14, 2026.

What is the largest hail ever reported in Middleton?

The largest hail size in these storm-report records in and near Middleton, WI is 2.75″. It was reported near Middleton, WI on April 14, 2026.

A storm report showed up near my home in Middleton — does that mean my roof is damaged?

Not necessarily. A storm report only means hail, wind, or a tornado was observed nearby; it does not confirm damage at any specific address, and conditions change from block to block. Check an address-level hail report first, and if it looks significant, find a local pro that serves Middleton and ask about a Remote Hail Inspection before anyone climbs on the roof.

I am buying a home in Middleton — why should I look at its storm history?

Recent hail or wind can leave a roof or exterior with damage that is easy to miss during a walkthrough, and a recent roof replacement is sometimes an insurance job after a storm. Reviewing the storm history for a Middleton address before closing helps you ask informed questions about roof age, past repairs, and any prior claims.

I am selling a home in Middleton — how does this help me?

Knowing the storm history for your address lets you answer buyer questions with confidence, document repairs you have already made, and decide whether a pre-listing roof check is worthwhile. A clear hail history removes a common sticking point during negotiations.

How do I check hail history for a specific Middleton address?

Use the address search to pull a free address-level hail report for any property in Middleton — no phone number or email required. It shows recent hail activity for that address so you know whether a closer roof or exterior review makes sense.

Where does this storm report data come from, and what are its limits?

Storm reports on this page are public reports from storm events across Middleton, WI, sourced from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. They show where hail, wind, or tornado activity was reported in Middleton, but they do not confirm damage at any specific property. Report locations, sizes, and times may be approximate and can vary from what an individual home experienced. For property-specific hail history, use an address-level hail report or contact a participating local professional for a remote hail inspection. Pros inclusion is not an endorsement, and contacting a professional does not confirm damage at any property.

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