Marine Hail in Lake Michigan
Every marine hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Lake Michigan, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger over water.
The most significant on the map
The most significant marine hail episodes in Lake Michigan.
- 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
- 198
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 18, 2012An upper disturbance moving through a warm and unstable air mass produced severe thunderstorms over northern Lake Michigan on the 18th.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 15, 2025Strong low pressure system moved across northern WI bringing a round of severe weather across WI with large hail, tornadoes, and damaging winds across southern WI.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 8, 2011Numerous severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a cold front.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 11, 2011A large area of thunderstorms impacted the Northern Great Lakes region for much of the 11th.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 2, 2015Thunderstorms that moved across northern Wisconsin intensified as they reached the waters of Green Bay, where they produced strong winds. Gusts of 47 knots and 54 knots were measured with these storms.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Michigan, August 10, 2020During the afternoon of Monday August 10th, a line of intense thunderstorms known as a derecho brought widespread severe winds to all of southern Lake Michigan. One tornado touched down near Rogers Park in Chicago and then moved over the lake as a waterspout.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 23, 2004Two separate lines/small clusters of thunderstorms moved east out over Lake Michigan. The thunderstorms dumped large hail and generated strong wind gusts.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, March 30, 2005Clusters or short lines of severe thunderstorms moved out over Lake Michigan, resulting in scattered reports of large hail and powerful downburst straight-line wind gusts.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 15, 2022A line of severe thunderstorms produced strong winds over the bay of Green Bay and the Lake Michigan waters during the early evening hours on Wednesday (6/15). Another round of thunderstorms produced large hail later in the evening over the Lake Michigan nearshore waters.
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, August 9, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 28 to 30, 2006Trees down on power lines two miles north of Garden.
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, July 17, 2006Thunderstorms that moved across the Bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan along with a cold front produced large hail and high winds.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Michigan, June 20, 2007Severe thunderstorms that passed through eastern Wisconsin continued to produce high winds and large hail as they moved offshore.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, September 7, 2021Strong thunderstorms produced gusty winds and large hail as they tracked over Lake Michigan and the bay of Green Bay during the morning hours.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 25, 2024Several rounds of thunderstorms produced strong winds and hail over the Lake Michigan waters during the late evening hours on Monday (6/24) and the early morning hours on Tuesday (6/25).
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, July 21, 2004One inch diameter hail was reported along the Lake Michigan shoreline in and near Grand Haven and Saugatuck.
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, July 24, 2005
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, July 8, 2007Severe thunderstorms dropped large hail over the bay of Green Bay nearshore waters on the evening of the 8th.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 18, 2012Strong to severe thunderstorms impacted Northern Lake Michigan during the afternoon and evening.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 1, 2012Severe thunderstorms moved across much of southern Lake Michigan during the afternoon hours of July 1st.
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, August 2, 2015A strong cold front sagging south across Eastern Wisconsin and Lake Michigan triggered a line of strong thunderstorms during the late afternoon and early evening. The thunderstorms produced large hail and strong wind gusts.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 2, 2015Several waves of severe thunderstorms crossed Lake Michigan on the 2nd.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, May 26, 2018Thunderstorms that developed in northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan produced strong winds and large hail as they moved over the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, August 3, 2023Strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon and evening hours. These storms produced strong winds and large hail as they tracked over the bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan waters.
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, August 25, 2003
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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.