Storms in Michigan in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1968, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Michigan in 1968 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 109
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $6.0 million
- Episodes
- 33
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 21 | 1 | 14 | $6.0 million |
| Hail | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1968
April 1968
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 4, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 14, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 1968
May 1968
June 1968
- Hail in Michigan, June 1, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 7, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 11, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 18, 1968
- Hail in Michigan, June 19, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 21, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 1968
July 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 5, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 9, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 21, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 27, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 31, 1968
August 1968
- Tornado in Michigan, August 4, 1968
- Tornadoes in Michigan, August 5, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 6, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 7, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 8, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 16, 1968
- Tornado in Michigan, August 22, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 23, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 24, 1968
September 1968
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 6, 1968
- Tornadoes in Michigan, September 9, 1968
- Tornado in Michigan, September 20, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 24, 1968
November 1968
More
Every year in MichiganEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Michigan in 196819671969
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.