Hail, Dickinson
- When
- July 17, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -87.850
Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 17, 1981
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Event by event
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- July 17, 1:13 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -88.080
Hail, Houghton
- When
- July 17, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Houghton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.480, -88.880
Hail, Menominee
- When
- July 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Menominee County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -87.350
Hail, Delta
- When
- July 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Delta County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.720, -87.300
Hail, Kalkaska
- When
- July 17, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kalkaska County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalkaska
- When
- July 17, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kalkaska County
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -85.170
Hail, Baraga
- When
- July 17, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Baraga County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.750, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscola
- When
- July 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscola County
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -83.530
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Idaho, July 17, 1981
- Tornado in Kansas, July 17, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 17, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 17, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 17, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 17, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 17, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 17, 1981
- Hail in Wyoming, July 17, 1981
- Hail in Georgia, July 17, 1981
- Hail in Utah, July 17, 1981
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10038510, 10038511, 10038512, 10038513, 10038514, 10038515, 10038516, 10038517, 10038518.