Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2008

1,675 events in 256 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,675
Deaths
10
Injuries
31
Damage
$73 million
Episodes
256

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 Wind44501$306,000
Winter Storm35700
Hail34202$11 million
Heavy Snow11200
Lake-Effect Snow8601
Winter Weather7506
High Wind5700$23 million
Blizzard36220$250,000
Dense Fog2900
Cold/Wind Chill2800
Flood2800$18 million
Flash Flood2030$18 million
Tornado1641$3.0 million
Ice Storm1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Strong Wind700$12,000
Lightning400$44,000
Heavy Rain300
Funnel Cloud300
Dust Devil100$30
Wildfire100$750,000
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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November 2008

December 2008

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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.