Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 1977

80 events in 29 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1977, 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 1977 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

Open the live radar over Michigan

The year

Events
80
Deaths
1
Injuries
69
Damage
$7.0 million
Episodes
29

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado35169$7.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind3200
Hail1300

Every episode, month by month

March 1977

April 1977

May 1977

June 1977

July 1977

August 1977

September 1977

November 1977

More

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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.