Storms in Michigan in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 178
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 97
- Damage
- $53 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 | 113 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 19 | 5 | 97 | $53 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1980
May 1980
June 1980
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 1, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 2, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 6, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 7, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 14, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 25, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 26, 1980
July 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 5, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 10, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 11, 1980
- Hail in Michigan, July 12, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 15, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 20, 1980
- Hail in Michigan, July 21, 1980
- Hail in Michigan, July 22, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 28, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 29, 1980
August 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 19, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 21, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 29, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 31, 1980
September 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 22, 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in MichiganEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Michigan in 198019791981
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.