Hail, Houghton
- When
- October 27, 10:30 AM EST to 10:33 AM EST
- Where
- Houghton County, 2.51 mi NW of Jacobsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 47.010, -88.430
Dime-sized hail was reported by the observer near Jacobsville.
Hail in Michigan, October 27, 2014
A isolated strong thunderstorm dropped pea to dime-sized near Jacobsville in Houghton County on the morning of the 27th.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
A isolated strong thunderstorm dropped pea to dime-sized near Jacobsville in Houghton County on the morning of the 27th.
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 545693.