Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2018

767 events in 147 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan 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.

Michigan 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

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The year

Events
767
Deaths
12
Injuries
12
Damage
$202 million
Episodes
147

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 Wind23012$40 million
Winter Storm14423$45 million
Winter Weather13124$65,000
Hail5311$176,000
Heavy Snow4100
Heat3400
High Wind2900$2,000
Excessive Heat2800
Tornado1600$3.8 million
Cold/Wind Chill1440
Flash Flood1410$102 million
Flood1200$10.0 million
Lake-Effect Snow600
Heavy Rain500
Lakeshore Flood300
Lightning200$20,000
Seiche200
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Fog112

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.