Storms in Michigan in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 168
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 36
- Damage
- $14 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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 81 | 0 | 13 | |
| Hail | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 30 | 0 | 23 | $14 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
May 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 6, 1986
- Tornado in Michigan, May 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 17, 1986
June 1986
- Hail in Michigan, June 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 11, 1986
- Tornado in Michigan, June 19, 1986
- Tornado in Michigan, June 26, 1986
July 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 4, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 8, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 18, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 24, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 25, 1986
August 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 2, 1986
- Tornado in Michigan, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 26, 1986
September 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 11, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 22, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, September 26, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, September 28, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, September 29, 1986
October 1986
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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.