Lake Michigan

Storms in Lake Michigan in 2011

170 events in 64 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Marine Thunderstorm Wind12421$54,000
Waterspout2400
Marine Strong Wind911$301,000
Marine High Wind800$1.0 million
Marine Hail500

Every episode, month by month

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August 2011

September 2011

October 2011

November 2011

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Every year in Lake MichiganEvery state in 201120102012

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.