Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2017

628 events in 138 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2017, 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 2017 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
628
Deaths
13
Injuries
18
Damage
$742 million
Episodes
138

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 Wind18410$975,000
Winter Weather131312$160,000
Hail9400$1.8 million
High Wind6520$526 million
Winter Storm3512$108,000
Lake-Effect Snow2900
Heavy Snow1800
Flood1134$91 million
Tornado1000$312,000
Heavy Rain1000$4,000
Flash Flood1000$120 million
Cold/Wind Chill800
Lakeshore Flood720$879,000
Lightning500$565,000
Strong Wind500$2,000
Ice Storm300$350,000
Dense Fog100
Rip Current110
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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.