Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2022

831 events in 156 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Michigan

The year

Events
831
Deaths
11
Injuries
45
Damage
$75 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 Wind23920$8.0 million
Winter Storm19300$262,000
Winter Weather11711$83,000
Hail7610$10 million
High Wind4100
Blizzard3600$6,000
Cold/Wind Chill2800
Ice Storm2600$140,000
Excessive Heat2200
Flood1400$2.8 million
Heavy Snow700
Tornado6244$50 million
Lake-Effect Snow400
Strong Wind400
Flash Flood400$3.0 million
Rip Current450
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire300$303,000
Heavy Rain300
Funnel Cloud100

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.