Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2013

1,216 events in 192 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,216
Deaths
5
Injuries
178
Damage
$197 million
Episodes
192

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 Wind39501$893,000
Winter Weather24000
Hail13300$29 million
Winter Storm9311$8,000
Lake-Effect Snow8200
High Wind5900$17 million
Heavy Snow3800
Flood3800$102 million
Frost/Freeze2900
Ice Storm2300$47 million
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Heat181173
Tornado1401$1.9 million
Flash Flood1200$241,000
Blizzard502$25,000
Heavy Rain500
Lightning410$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog200
Rip Current220
Funnel Cloud200
Strong Wind100$20,000

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.