Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2016

797 events in 156 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2016, 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 2016 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
797
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$51 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 Wind18510$833,000
Winter Weather16400
Winter Storm13200$276,000
Hail9900$4.7 million
Heavy Snow8900
Lake-Effect Snow6800
Tornado1600$12 million
High Wind1100$31 million
Flash Flood900$2.3 million
Strong Wind700
Flood600
Heavy Rain400
Lightning210
Blizzard200
Wildfire100$20,000
Funnel Cloud100
Lakeshore Flood100$3,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

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May 2016

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September 2016

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November 2016

December 2016

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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.