Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2010

853 events in 174 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2010, 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 2010 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
853
Deaths
14
Injuries
35
Damage
$257 million
Episodes
174

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 Wind33411$1.7 million
Hail10701$177 million
Lake-Effect Snow6900
Winter Weather6116$18,000
High Wind6100$489,000
Winter Storm5600$1.3 million
Heavy Snow4900
Tornado27117$68 million
Strong Wind2000$3.1 million
Flash Flood1604$4.6 million
Lightning900$200,000
Frost/Freeze900
Rip Current996
Flood700$375,000
Heat720
Funnel Cloud400
Drought300
Wildfire200$950,000
Blizzard200
Dense Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

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June 2010

July 2010

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September 2010

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November 2010

December 2010

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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.