Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2015

878 events in 127 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan 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.

Michigan 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

Open the live radar over Michigan

The year

Events
878
Deaths
1
Injuries
15
Damage
$80 million
Episodes
127

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 Wind26400$292,000
Winter Weather14402$25,000
Hail11702$73 million
Winter Storm7600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7300
Cold/Wind Chill6600
Heavy Snow4600
Sleet2300
High Wind1700$222,000
Tornado1607$5.8 million
Heavy Rain1014$60,000
Lake-Effect Snow700
Strong Wind700
Blizzard500
Flood300$100,000
Lightning300$315,000
Flash Flood100

Every episode, month by month

January 2015

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November 2015

December 2015

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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.