Lake Superior

Storms in Lake Superior in 2015

16 events in 9 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Lake Superior in 2015, 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 Superior in 2015 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
16
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
None recorded
Episodes
9

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 High Wind1200
Marine Thunderstorm Wind200
Waterspout200

Every episode, month by month

January 2015

June 2015

August 2015

October 2015

November 2015

December 2015

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Every year in Lake SuperiorEvery state in 201520142016

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.