Storms in Michigan in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 184
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $3.0 million
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 130 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 6 | 24 | $3.0 million |
| Hail | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1987
May 1987
June 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 1, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 2, 1987
- Hail in Michigan, June 6, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 21, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 25, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 29, 1987
July 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 9, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 10, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 11, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 12, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 14, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 18, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 19, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 20, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 23, 1987
- Hail in Michigan, July 29, 1987
- Tornado in Michigan, July 31, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 16, 1987
- Tornadoes in Michigan, August 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 22, 1987
September 1987
More
Every year in MichiganEvery state in 1987Tornadoes in Michigan in 1987Warnings in Michigan in 198719861988
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.