Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan
665 winter storm warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 665
- Busiest year
- 200855 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 30over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houghton County114
- Gogebic County107
- Marquette County107
- Alger County106
- Antrim County106
- Ontonagon County104
- Schoolcraft County99
- Leelanau County98
- Otsego County94
- Baraga County92
- Keweenaw County92
- Emmet County90
- Grand Traverse County89
- Kalkaska County89
- Benzie County86
- Luce County86
- Cheboygan County84
- Manistee County81
- Crawford County78
- Oceana County76
- Wexford County72
- Allegan County71
- Cass County71
- Delta County71
- Mason County71
- Ottawa County71
- Iron County70
- Muskegon County70
- Van Buren County67
- Dickinson County66
- Menominee County64
- Lake County62
- Newaygo County60
- Presque Isle County60
- Missaukee County57
- Montmorency County57
- Oscoda County54
- Alpena County53
- Kent County52
- Saint Joseph County52
43 more counties
- Sanilac County50
- Kalamazoo County49
- Alcona County48
- Roscommon County46
- Osceola County46
- Mecosta County45
- Saint Clair County45
- Iosco County44
- Ogemaw County44
- Huron County44
- Arenac County41
- Barry County41
- Gladwin County41
- Montcalm County41
- Tuscola County41
- Chippewa County41
- Branch County40
- Calhoun County40
- Clare County40
- Eaton County39
- Ionia County39
- Isabella County39
- Bay County38
- Hillsdale County37
- Lapeer County37
- Macomb County37
- Saginaw County37
- Ingham County36
- Midland County36
- Oakland County36
- Gratiot County35
- Clinton County34
- Genesee County34
- Shiawassee County34
- Wayne County33
- Livingston County32
- Washtenaw County32
- Jackson County31
- Mackinac County31
- Lenawee County30
- Monroe County28
- Charlevoix County22
- Berrien County13
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:50 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 35 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:24 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:56 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason, Oceana | 19 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:44 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Otsego, Presque Isle | 29 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:55 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Leelanau and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:40 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:42 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | APX | Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac, Presque Isle | 22 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:57 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:26 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 29 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:04 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:35 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Alger, Delta, Luce, Schoolcraft | 28 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.