Storms in Lake Michigan in 2011
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Lake Michigan in 2011, 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.
Lake Michigan in 2011 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
The year
- Events
- 170
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $1.4 million
- Episodes
- 64
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Thunderstorm Wind | 124 | 2 | 1 | $54,000 |
| Waterspout | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marine Strong Wind | 9 | 1 | 1 | $301,000 |
| Marine High Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Marine Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, April 10, 2011
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, April 10, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, April 10, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, April 19, 2011
May 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 11, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind and Waterspout in Lake Michigan, May 11, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 22, 2011
- Waterspout in Lake Michigan, May 22, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 22, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 29, 2011
- Marine Strong Wind in Lake Michigan, May 31, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 31, 2011
June 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 8, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, June 8, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, June 8, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 8, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 8 to 9, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, June 8, 2011
- Marine High Wind in Lake Michigan, June 15, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, June 21, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, June 21, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, June 21, 2011
- Waterspouts in Lake Michigan, June 22, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Michigan, June 30, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 30, 2011
July 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, July 1, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, July 1, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 11, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 11, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, July 11, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, July 16, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, July 17, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 17, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 22, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 22 to 23, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 27 to 28, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 28, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 28 to 29, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 30, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 30, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, July 30, 2011
August 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 2, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 2, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 7, 2011
- Waterspout in Lake Michigan, August 7, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, August 13, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 13, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 13, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, August 20, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, August 20, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, August 23, 2011
September 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, September 2, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, September 2, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, September 3, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, September 3, 2011
- Waterspouts in Lake Michigan, September 4, 2011
- Waterspouts in Lake Michigan, September 24, 2011
- Waterspouts in Lake Michigan, September 24, 2011
- Marine High Wind in Lake Michigan, September 29 to 30, 2011
October 2011
- Waterspouts in Lake Michigan, October 19, 2011
- Marine High Wind in Lake Michigan, October 19 to 20, 2011
- Marine Strong Wind in Lake Michigan, October 19, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Michigan, October 23, 2011
November 2011
More
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.