Michigan, 2022Excessive 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.
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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- 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.
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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</html>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.
- 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.
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- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 2022$97,000 · EF1 · 35 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2022$15,000 · EF1 · 44 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 20221 in hail · 60 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 20, 2022$86,000 · 2 in hail · 14 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 2022$100,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 20221.75 in hail · 32 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 20, 20221.25 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 202272 kt wind · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 20221.75 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 202262 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 202270 kt wind · 7 events
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.