Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2004

1,217 events in 227 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2004, 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 2004 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
1,217
Deaths
3
Injuries
13
Damage
$144 million
Episodes
227

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 Wind37137$188,000
Hail27201$7.7 million
Winter Storm17400
Heavy Snow16800
Flood8100$130 million
High Wind7201$4.7 million
Tornado2403$1.3 million
Flash Flood1601$177,000
Blizzard1200
Ice Storm1000
Lightning800$3,000
Strong Wind800$33,000
Cold/Wind Chill100

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

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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.