Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 1998

1,285 events in 184 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1998, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Michigan in 1998 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

Open the live radar over Michigan

The year

Events
1,285
Deaths
12
Injuries
172
Damage
$242 million
Episodes
184

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind51426$4.1 million
Hail2095150$209 million
Winter Storm14600
Heavy Snow10200
High Wind9300$12 million
Lake-Effect Snow3600
Winter Weather3400
Flood3000$1.6 million
Lightning3000$212,000
Blizzard2700$100,000
Tornado24416$12 million
Flash Flood1600$2.4 million
Ice Storm700
Funnel Cloud700
Waterspout600
Cold/Wind Chill310$600,000
Seiche100

Every episode, month by month

January 1998

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November 1998

December 1998

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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.