Lafayette County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 13, 2026
Lafayette County, Wisconsin has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 2 tornado reports among 42 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 14 hail reports with hail up to 1" and 26 high-wind reports with gusts up to 88 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Lafayette County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Lafayette County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Lafayette County
Recent storms — full detail available in the app
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Storm log — the official record, day by day
Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 200 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Belmont, or near Platteville, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Half inch hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Darlington, Shullsburg, Belmont, Benton, Elk Grove, Calamine, and Lead Mine. This includes U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 23 and 29.”
- Hail 0.5" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 20, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 421 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Platteville, moving southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 2, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 833 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Dickeyville to near Galena. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 618 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Benton, or 9 miles northeast of Galena, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Shullsburg, Benton, New Diggings, and Lead Mine.”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 449 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Argyle, or 10 miles northwest of Monroe, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Belleville, New Glarus, Monticello, Argyle, and Dayton.”
“At 422 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Argyle, or 7 miles east of Darlington, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Darlington, Argyle, Blanchardville, Fayette, Lamont, and Yellowstone Lake St Park.”
- Hail 0.88" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“Winds of 40 to 50 mph will be possible this afternoon as rain comes to an end across southern Wisconsin. This appears to be a wake low situation where winds can be gusty for up to an hour after the rain comes to an end. Platteville and other weather stations in southwest Wisconsin have gusted to 47 mph already.”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 338 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Brodhead to 6 miles southeast of Argyle to Warren. Movement was east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 238 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Shullsburg, or 9 miles southwest of Darlington, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40-50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 5 S Belmont SPC verified report
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“Strong southeasterly winds have developed behind drying precipitation, with gusts of 50 to 55 mph expected for Iowa, Dane, Lafayette, Green, and Rock Counties this morning.”
- Wind 55 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
“Video of a brief tornado shared with Lafayette County Emergency Management shows a narrow tornado on the ground near the East Branch of the Pecatonica River south of Ar (MKX)”
- Tornado Tornado 1 NNW Woodford SPC verified report
Thursday, June 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 1024 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Menominee to near Mount Carroll. Movement was northeast at 65 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — wind gusts up to 88 mph
“Trained spotter measures 88 MPH gust on home weather station. (MKX)”
- Wind 88 mph 1 E Darlington SPC verified report
Monday, June 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 349 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Mineral Point to 10 miles southeast of Dodgeville to near Blanchardville to near Monroe. Movement was north at 25 mph. Hazard: Brief funnel clouds and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 316 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles north of Platteville to near Mineral Point to near Darlington. Movement was north at 30 mph. Hazard: Brief funnel clouds and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 150 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty winds on the backside of the showers along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of Antigo to near Fort Mc Coy to near Blue Grass. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 15, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
“EF-0... Est. Peak Winds-85mph. Tornado appeared to start near Penny Benton Rd and County Road I... where six trees were either uprooted... had limbs topped. One tree wa (MKX)”
- Tornado Tornado 4 ESE Benton SPC verified report
Monday, April 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1115 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Muscoda to near Mineral Point to near Massbach. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph on the backside of the storms. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, April 23, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1143 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles north of Dickeyville to East Dubuque. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1108 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles south of Muscoda to Dodgeville to 7 miles northwest of Argyle to near Darlington. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 17, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 1"
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
“At 308 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Benton, or 11 miles west of Darlington, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Darlington, Shullsburg, Benton, Blanchardville, New Diggings, Fayette, Lamont, Yellowstone Lake St Park, Calamine, and Lead Mine. This includes U.S.”
- Hail 1" 5 SE Belmont SPC verified report
- Hail 0.75" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 110 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Janesville to near Shullsburg. Movement was southeast at 60 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 411 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Plainfield to 8 miles northeast of Spring Green to near Hazel Green. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, April 2, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Tree down reported by Lafayette County dispatchers. Time estimated by radar. (MKX)”
- Wind Unknown Fayette SPC verified report
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“TEMPORARY PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTS... On the back side of showers pushing through to the south and east we are seeing some gusts upwards of 50 mph. For the next few hours we may see this continue with 40-50 mph gusts possible.”
“At 1239 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Waunakee to Council Hill. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 60 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Initially, south winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected, particularly within precipitation. Then, west winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT Friday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected.”
“WHAT...Initially, south winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected, particularly within precipitation. Then, west winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. WHEN...10 PM Tonight Until 4 PM CDT Friday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected.”
- Wind 60 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 60 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 60 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Overnight southerly winds 25 to 30 mph gusting up to 50 mph. Then, during the day Friday, west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. WHEN...From midnight Thursday Night to 6 PM CDT Friday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 911 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Belmont, or near Platteville, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Mineral Point, Darlington, Belmont, Waldwick, Elk Grove, Fayette, Lamont, Platte Mounds, and Calamine. This includes U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 23 and 37.”
- Hail 0.75" Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, December 28, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 to 50 mph. WHERE...Green, Lafayette, Jefferson, and Waukesha Counties. WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to noon CST Monday. IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.”
- Wind 50 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, December 27, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few gusts to 55 mph may occur along the Lake Michigan shoreline. WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. WHEN...From 6 PM Sunday to 6 PM CST Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 55 mph Lafayette County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Lafayette County, WI?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 42 severe weather events in Lafayette County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in Lafayette County recently?
Yes — 14 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in Lafayette County?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property, including the most recent 30 days — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.