Storms in Lake Superior in 2018
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Lake Superior in 2018, 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 2018 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
The year
- Events
- 73
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
- Episodes
- 20
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Thunderstorm Wind | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marine High Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marine Hail | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marine Strong Wind | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2018
- Marine High Wind in Lake Superior, January 7, 2018
- Marine High Wind in Lake Superior, January 30 to 31, 2018
February 2018
April 2018
May 2018
June 2018
- Marine High Wind in Lake Superior, June 15, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Superior, June 29, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Superior, June 29, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Superior, June 30, 2018
July 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Superior, July 4, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Superior, July 9, 2018
August 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Superior, August 8, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Superior, August 27, 2018
- Marine Strong Wind in Lake Superior, August 30, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Superior, August 31, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Superior, August 31, 2018
September 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Superior, September 15, 2018
- Marine High Wind in Lake Superior, September 21, 2018
October 2018
More
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.