Storm Records: Lake St. Clair

672 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lake St. Clair: 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 St. Clair 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: 672
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 22
Damage: $100,000

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	Injuries	Damage
Marine Thunderstorm Wind	595	22	$100,000
Marine Hail	70	0
Waterspout	7	0

The deadliest

Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake St. Clair, June 8, 2008$100,000 · 74 kt wind · 4 eventsA derecho moved through southeast Michigan and Lake Saint Clair during the afternoon of June 8th, producing enhanced winds as high as 85 mph.

The costliest

Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake St. Clair, June 8, 2008$100,000 · 74 kt wind · 4 events

Marine zones

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

Marine zone	Events	Injuries	Damage
Lake St Clair (U.S. Portion) zone	305	20
Detroit River zone	137	0
Lake St Clair (U.S. Portion) marine	68	0
St Clair River zone	60	0	$100,000
Detroit River marine	52	0
St Clair River marine	44	0
Lake St. Clair (Us Portion) zone	4	2
St. Clair River zone	2	0

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.