Michigan, 2022

Excessive Heat in Michigan, June 20 to 22, 2022

June 20 to 22, 2022 · NWS MQT · 13 events in 13 counties and zones

A hot and humid airmass enveloping the region produced heat indices near or exceeding 100F over much of the west and portions of central Upper Mi from the 20th into 21st.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
13

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.

A hot and humid airmass enveloping the region produced heat indices near or exceeding 100F over much of the west and portions of central Upper Mi from the 20th into 21st.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 6:44 AM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:44 AM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
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Event by event

13 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Northern Houghton

When
June 20, 12:00 PM EST to June 21, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Houghton forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.992, -88.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices soared to 95 to 105F across northern Houghton County on the afternoon of the 20th and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

Excessive Heat, Southern Houghton

When
June 20, 12:00 PM EST to June 21, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Houghton forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.992, -88.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices were in the 100F to 105F range both days across the county and stayed above 80F through the evening hours on the 20th.

Excessive Heat, Baraga

When
June 20, 12:00 PM EST to June 21, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Baraga forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.700, -88.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices were between 95F and 105F across the county on the afternoon of the 20th and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

Excessive Heat, Keweenaw

When
June 20, 12:00 PM EST to June 21, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Keweenaw forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
47.283, -88.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices were between 95F and 100F across the county on the afternoon of the 20th and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

Excessive Heat, Marquette

When
June 20, 12:00 PM EST to June 21, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Marquette forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.663, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat indices ranged between 95F and 105F across the county on the afternoons of the 20th and 21st and stayed above 80F through the evening hours of the 20th.

Excessive Heat, Gogebic

When
June 20, 12:00 PM CST to June 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Gogebic forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.496, -89.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat indices soared above 100F across the county on the afternoon of the 20th and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

Excessive Heat, Iron

When
June 20, 12:00 PM CST to June 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Iron forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.209, -88.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Maximum heat indices were in the 95F to 100F range across the county on the afternoons of the 20th and 21st and stayed above 80F through the evening hours of the 20th.

Excessive Heat, Dickinson

When
June 20, 12:00 PM CST to June 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Dickinson forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.009, -87.870 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat indices ranged between 100F and 105F across the county on the afternoons of the 20th and 21st and stayed above 80F through the evening of the 20th.

Excessive Heat, Menominee

When
June 20, 12:00 PM CST to June 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Menominee forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
45.525, -87.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat indices ranged between 100F and 105F across the county on the afternoons of the 20th and 21st and stayed above 80F through the evening of the 20th.

Excessive Heat, Ontonagon

When
June 21, 12:00 PM EST to June 22, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Ontonagon forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.778, -89.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices soared above 100F across the county on the afternoon of the 20th and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

Excessive Heat, Alger

When
June 21, 2:00 PM EST to June 22, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Alger forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.451, -86.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices were between 95F and 105F across the county on the afternoon of the 21st and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

Excessive Heat, Delta

When
June 21, 2:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Delta forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
45.792, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices were between 95F and 100F across the interior portion of the county on the afternoon of the 21st and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

Excessive Heat, Luce

When
June 21, 2:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Luce forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
46.368, -85.509 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated heat indices were between 95F and 100F across the county on the afternoon of the 21st and stayed above 80F through the evening hours.

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1029593, 1029594, 1029597, 1029598, 1029599, 1029591, 1029596, 1029600, 1029603, 1029592, 1035111, 1035112, 1035113.