Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2009

751 events in 137 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2009, 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 2009 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
751
Deaths
4
Injuries
10
Damage
$55 million
Episodes
137

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
Winter Storm15902
Thunderstorm Wind14404$672,000
Winter Weather12602
Heavy Snow7002
Hail6310$2.9 million
Lake-Effect Snow4700
High Wind3500$1.2 million
Frost/Freeze2600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1800
Cold/Wind Chill1600
Flash Flood1400$374,000
Blizzard700
Flood700$7.1 million
Lightning500$520,000
Strong Wind400$15,000
Tornado300$38 million
Heavy Rain300
Wildfire200$4.0 million
Rip Current230

Every episode, month by month

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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.