Storms in Michigan in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 97
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $1.2 million
- Episodes
- 31
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 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 35 | 0 | 10 | $1.2 million |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1973
May 1973
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 10, 1973
- Tornado in Michigan, May 20, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 27, 1973
June 1973
- Tornado in Michigan, June 1, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 3, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 5, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 8, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 12, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 23, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 26, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 28, 1973
July 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 12, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 13, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 26, 1973
- Tornadoes in Michigan, July 27, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 30, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 31, 1973
August 1973
- Tornadoes in Michigan, August 1, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 8, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 9, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 17, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 19, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 30, 1973
September 1973
October 1973
More
Every year in MichiganEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Michigan in 197319721974
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.