Marine High Wind in Lake Erie
Every marine high wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Lake Erie, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 48 knots or more over water.
The most significant on the map
The most significant marine high wind episodes in Lake Erie.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 28
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, February 24 to 25, 2019A rapidly deepening low pressure and powerful storm system moved across the Great Lakes region which brought very strong winds on Lake Erie.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, November 27 to 28, 2019A strong area of low pressure moved from southern Lake Michigan to northern Lower Michigan to Ontario, Canada on November 27th, 2019. A cold front accompanying the deepening low swept eastward across Lake Erie during the late morning through early afternoon of the 27th.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, December 30, 2019Around Midnight on December 30th, a 997 mb area of low pressure over the Cincinnati metro area quickly moved north overnight, deepening to 988 mb over the Detroit metro by daybreak.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, April 13, 2020A deepening surface low tracked from near the Straits of Mackinac on the morning of April 13th to near southern James Bay by that evening. A cold front trailing this low moved eastward across Lake Erie between late morning and late afternoon.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, December 11, 2021A potent surface low deepened, overall, as it moved northeastward from northern Lower Michigan to northern Quebec between the late morning of December 11th and early morning of the 12th. Simultaneously, a tight surface pressure gradient affected Lake Erie.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, December 23, 2022A surface low pressure center deepened rapidly as it wobbled north-northeastward from near western Lake Erie to west-central Quebec, just southeast of James Bay, during the wee hours of the 23rd through daybreak on the 24th. This surface low underwent bomb cyclogenesis (i.e.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, February 5, 2021A cold front swept eastward through northeast Ohio during the early morning hours of February 5th as a deep and occluded surface low moved from northern Lake Michigan toward far-eastern Lake Superior.
- Marine High Wind in Lake Erie, January 13, 2024At the surface, a potent and occluded low wobbled north-northeastward from near Georgian Bay to near James Bay during the late morning of the 13th through late morning of the 14th.
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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.