Lake Michigan

Storms in Lake Michigan in 2026

70 events in 41 episodes, still being filed

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Lake Michigan in 2026, 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.

Lake Michigan in 2026 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

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The year

Events
70
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
None recorded
Episodes
41

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
Marine Thunderstorm Wind5000
Marine High Wind1300
Marine Hail700

Every episode, month by month

January 2026

February 2026

March 2026

April 2026

May 2026

June 2026

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Every year in Lake MichiganEvery state in 20262025

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.