Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2012

992 events in 156 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2012, 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 2012 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
992
Deaths
9
Injuries
123
Damage
$197 million
Episodes
156

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 Wind25720$587,000
Hail25004$601,000
Winter Storm12403$297,000
Winter Weather5800$20,000
Heavy Snow5500$25 million
Lake-Effect Snow4300$15,000
Heavy Rain4200
Frost/Freeze3700$133 million
Heat320115
High Wind2700$271,000
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Flash Flood1200$12 million
Strong Wind911$27,000
Lightning900
Tornado600$13 million
Rip Current660
Wildfire300$12 million
Flood300$500,000
Funnel Cloud300
Blizzard100

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

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September 2012

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November 2012

December 2012

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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.