Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2005

1,134 events in 234 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2005, 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 2005 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
1,134
Deaths
2
Injuries
14
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
234

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 Wind40404$9.2 million
Heavy Snow23600$3,000
Hail13504$2.0 million
Winter Storm9500
High Wind8300$5.0 million
Lightning3803$2.0 million
Ice Storm3400$275,000
Lake-Effect Snow2800
Flood1700$4,000
Strong Wind1600
Flash Flood1200$1.2 million
Blizzard1100
Sleet900
Tornado503$875,000
Cold/Wind Chill410
Heavy Rain400
Wildfire100
Funnel Cloud100
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

January 2005

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May 2005

June 2005

July 2005

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September 2005

October 2005

November 2005

December 2005

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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.