Michigan, 2025High Wind in Michigan, January 27, 2025
January 27, 2025 · NWS MQT · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
A powerful storm system moving across the Upper Great Lakes generated westerly wind gusts exceeding 60 mph on the 27th. Tree branches were reported down across portions of Houghton County due to the strong winds.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 powerful storm system moving across the Upper Great Lakes generated westerly wind gusts exceeding 60 mph on the 27th. Tree branches were reported down across portions of Houghton County due to the strong winds.
High Wind, Keweenaw
- When
- January 27, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Keweenaw forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 47.283, -88.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The University of Michigan mesonet station at Mount Horace Greeley measured a peak wind gust through the period of 64 mph.
High Wind, Northern Houghton
- When
- January 27, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Houghton forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.992, -88.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Houghton County Airport ASOS measured strong westerly winds through the period with a peak gust of 64 mph. Tree branches were reported down throughout portions of the county on the 27th.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1229301, 1229305.