Storms in Michigan in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2020, 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 2020 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
- 811
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $277 million
- Episodes
- 165
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 324 | 0 | 1 | $3.2 million |
| Winter Weather | 120 | 3 | 2 | $60,000 |
| Hail | 78 | 0 | 1 | $3.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 61 | 0 | 0 | $188,000 |
| Lakeshore Flood | 59 | 0 | 0 | $8.0 million |
| Flood | 58 | 0 | 0 | $12 million |
| High Wind | 40 | 0 | 0 | $96,000 |
| Flash Flood | 21 | 0 | 1 | $249 million |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $900,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | $554,000 |
| Seiche | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 5 to 6, 2020
- High Wind in Michigan, January 6, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 7 to 8, 2020
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 11 to 12, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 11 to 12, 2020
- Ice Storm and Flooding in Michigan, January 11 to 12, 2020
- Flooding in Michigan, January 11 to 21, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 17 to 19, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 17 to 18, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, January 18 to 19, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 18, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 22 to 23, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 24 to 25, 2020
February 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, February 5 to 6, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, February 9, 2020
- Winter Weather and Cold in Michigan, February 12 to 14, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, February 17 to 20, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, February 25 to 27, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, February 26 to 29, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 27 to 28, 2020
March 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, March 5 to 6, 2020
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 5 to 6, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, March 6, 2020
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Michigan, March 12 to 13, 2020
- Cold in Michigan, March 16 to 18, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, March 19 to 20, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, March 22 to 23, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Michigan, March 29, 2020
April 2020
- Hail in Michigan, April 7, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, April 7, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, April 7, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, April 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, April 8 to 9, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, April 12 to 13, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Michigan, April 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 20, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, April 23, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, April 26, 2020
- Flood in Michigan, April 29 to 30, 2020
- Flooding in Michigan, April 30, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, April 30, 2020
May 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, May 3 to 4, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, May 5, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Michigan, May 16 to 26, 2020
- Flood in Michigan, May 18 to 31, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, May 18 to 19, 2020
- Flooding in Michigan, May 18, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, May 18, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Michigan, May 18 to 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 26, 2020
- Flash Flood in Michigan, May 28, 2020
June 2020
- Flooding in Michigan, June 1 to 30, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, June 2, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 2 to 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 3, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 9, 2020
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Michigan, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood and Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, June 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 10, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 10, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, June 10 to 11, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, June 12 to 17, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 19, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 21, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, June 23, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 26, 2020
July 2020
- Flooding in Michigan, July 1 to 31, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 8, 2020
- Flash Flood in Michigan, July 9, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 9, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 9, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 10 to 11, 2020
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Michigan, July 14, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 15, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 18, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 18, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 18 to 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 19, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 19, 2020
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 28, 2020
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 30, 2020
August 2020
- Flooding in Michigan, August 1 to 31, 2020
- Flash Flood in Michigan, August 2, 2020
- Flood in Michigan, August 3, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Michigan, August 9 to 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Seiche in Michigan, August 10 to 11, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 10, 2020
- Seiche in Michigan, August 10 to 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 10, 2020
- Rip Current in Michigan, August 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 14, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 14, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, August 15, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Michigan, August 15 to 16, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, August 21, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 21, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 24, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 25, 2020
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Michigan, August 26, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Michigan, August 28, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 28, 2020
- Tornado in Michigan, August 31, 2020
September 2020
- Flooding in Michigan, September 1 to 12, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 1, 2020
- High Wind in Michigan, September 3, 2020
- High Wind in Michigan, September 6 to 7, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, September 6 to 7, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 7, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 25, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, September 26, 2020
October 2020
- High Wind in Michigan, October 12, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, October 12, 2020
- Hail in Michigan, October 13, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, October 16, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, October 20 to 21, 2020
- Flood and Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, October 22 to 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, October 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, October 23, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, October 25 to 26, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, October 26 to 27, 2020
November 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Michigan, November 1, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Michigan, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, November 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, November 10, 2020
- High Wind in Michigan, November 11, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, November 15, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Michigan, November 15, 2020
- High Wind in Michigan, November 15, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Michigan, November 15, 2020
- High Wind in Michigan, November 15, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, November 29, 2020
December 2020
- Winter Storm in Michigan, December 12, 2020
- Winter Storm in Michigan, December 12, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, December 13 to 15, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, December 23 to 25, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, December 27 to 28, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, December 29 to 30, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, December 30 to 31, 2020
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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.