Storm Records: Lake Huron

1,158 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lake Huron: its floods, heat, cold, winter storms, hail, wind, lightning and tornadoes, year by year and county by county, each episode with its narrative.

The worst in Lake Huron on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, 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 record

Events: 1,158
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Damage: $8,000

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.

Every year

Tap a year for every episode 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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Damage
Marine Thunderstorm Wind	966	$8,000
Marine Hail	149
Waterspout	40
Marine High Wind	3

The deadliest

Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Huron, July 5, 2021$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA line of storms worked across northern Michigan, producing damaging wind gusts along the Lake Huron shoreline.

The costliest

Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Huron, July 5, 2021$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event

Marine zones

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

Marine zone	Events	Damage
Outer Saginaw Bay Sw of Alabaster to Port Austin Mi to Inner Saginaw Bay zone	123
Inner Saginaw Bay Sw of Point Au Gres to Bay Port Mi zone	93
Port Sanilac to Port Huron Mi zone	79
Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster Mi zone	65
Lh Presque Isl Lt to Alabaster Mi Ewd Byd 5nm Offshore to Intl Border marine	55
Presque Isl Lt to Sturgeon Pt Mi marine	46
Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point Mi Inc Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary zone	44	$8,000
Port Austin to Harbor Beach Mi zone	43
5nm E of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light Mi Inc Bois Blanc Island zone	41
Inner Saginaw Bay & Sw of Pt Au Gres to Bay Port Mi marine	39
5nm E of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt Mi marine	39
Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster Mi marine	35
Outer Saginaw Bay & Sw of Alabaster to Pt Austin Mi marine	35
Lh 5nm E of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isl Lt Mi Ewd Byd 5nm Offshore to Intl Border marine	34
Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron Mi marine	32
Lh Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron 5nm Offshore to Intl Border marine	32
Pt Austin to Hbr Beach Mi marine	26
Port Sanilac to Port Huron Mi 5nm Offshore to Us/Canadian Border zone	26
Hbr Beach to Pt Sanilac Mi marine	25
Straits of Mackinac Within 5nm of Mackinac Bridge Including Mackinac Island zone	25
Lh Pt Austin to Hbr Beach Mi 5nm Offshore to Intl Border marine	23
Lh Hbr Beach to Pt Sanilac 5nm Offshore to Intl Border marine	23
Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac Mi zone	23
Outer Saginaw Bay & Sw of Alabaster to Point Austin Mi zone	10
Inner Saginaw Bay & Sw of Pt Au Gres to Bay Port Mi zone	9
Sturgeon Point to Alabaster Mi 5nm Offshore to the Us/Canadian Border zone	9
Straits of Mackinac Within 5nm of Mackinac Bridge Including Mackinac Island marine	8
Outer Saginaw Bay & Sw of Alabaster to Pt Austin Mi zone	8
Port Austin to Harbor Beach Mi 5nm Offshore to Us/Canadian Border zone	8
Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac Mi 5nm Offshore to Us/Canadian Border zone	8
Lh Presque Isl Lt to Alabaster Mi Ewd Byd 5nm Offshore to Intl Border zone	7
St Ignace to False Detour Channel zone	7
Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron Mi zone	7
Inner Saginaw Bay & Sw of Point Au Gres to Bay Port Mi zone	7
St Ignace to False Detour Channel marine	5
Lh Pt Austin to Hbr Beach Mi 5nm Offshore to Intl Border zone	5
5nm E of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt Mi zone	5
Presque Isl Lt to Sturgeon Pt Mi zone	5
Lh 5nm E of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isl Lt Mi Ewd Byd 5nm Offshore to Intl Border zone	5
Lh Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron 5nm Offshore to Intl Border zone	5
Pt Austin to Hbr Beach Mi zone	4
Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point Mi 5 Nm Offshore to Us/Canadian Border zone	4
5nm E of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light to the Us/Canadian Border Beyond 5 Nm From Shore zone	4
Point Austin to Harbor Beach Mi zone	4
Harbor Beach to Point Sanilac Mi zone	4
Hbr Beach to Pt Sanilac Mi zone	3
Lh Hbr Beach to Pt Sanilac 5nm Offshore to Intl Border zone	3
Presque Island Light to Sturgeon Point Mi zone	3
5nm East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light Mi zone	2
Point Sanilac to Point Huron Mi zone	1
Lake Huron Presque Island Light to Alabaster Mi Eastward Beyond 5nm Offshore to Intl Border zone	1
Sturgeon Point to Alabaster Mi zone	1

Every year

Every state

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.