1 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Record-cold temperatures in the upper 20s across the southwest quarter of Lower Michigan on May 16, 1997, caused financial losses for many West Michigan farmers. A hard frost wiped out approximately 20 percent of Oceana County's annual asparagus crop, causing an estimated $2 million in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 1997
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: 5605977.