Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2023

792 events in 115 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 2023, 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 2023 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
792
Deaths
12
Injuries
10
Damage
$325 million
Episodes
115

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 Wind27400$1.4 million
Hail12400$24 million
Winter Storm12200$2.1 million
Winter Weather10625$117,000
Heavy Snow3800$800,000
Ice Storm3210$49 million
Flood2500$60 million
Cold/Wind Chill2200
Tornado1874$187 million
Flash Flood900$43,000
Dense Fog800
Heat600
Funnel Cloud200
Rip Current220
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
High Wind100
Lightning101
Excessive Heat100

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

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November 2023

December 2023

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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.