Storms in Michigan in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 141
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 93
- Damage
- $32 million
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 78 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 42 | 3 | 93 | $32 million |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 4, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 12, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 20, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 24, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 30, 1976
April 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 15, 1976
- Tornadoes in Michigan, April 21, 1976
- Tornado in Michigan, April 22, 1976
May 1976
June 1976
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 11, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 12, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 13, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 18, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 24, 1976
- Hail in Michigan, June 26, 1976
- Hail in Michigan, June 28, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 1976
July 1976
- Tornado in Michigan, July 7, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 9, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 14, 1976
- Tornado in Michigan, July 23, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 26, 1976
- Tornado in Michigan, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 30, 1976
August 1976
- Hail in Michigan, August 13, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 31, 1976
September 1976
More
Every year in MichiganEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Michigan in 197619751977
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.