Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2026

785 events in 93 episodes, still being filed

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in 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.

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

Open the live radar over Michigan

The year

Events
785
Deaths
6
Injuries
45
Damage
$9.9 million
Episodes
93

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 Wind23601$307,000
Winter Storm132010
Hail10700$7,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7110
Winter Weather6002
Cold/Wind Chill5400
High Wind2200$5.7 million
Tornado21422$1.5 million
Blizzard18110
Excessive Heat1600
Flood1500$2.4 million
Ice Storm1500
Lake-Effect Snow600
Heat500
Strong Wind400$22,000
Heavy Snow200
Flash Flood100

Every episode, month by month

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June 2026

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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.