Storm History: Alger County, Michigan
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Alger County, Michigan: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 697
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 582
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
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 141 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 126 | 0 | 0 | $673,000 |
| Hail | 101 | 0 | 0 | $164,000 |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 71 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Blizzard | 59 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 1 | $355,000 |
| High Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 16 | 1 | 0 | $41,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 1 | $98,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Dense Fog | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $70,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 3 | $20,000 |
| Rip Current | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Seiche | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flood, May 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, May 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 6, 1964
- Tornado, June 10, 2000
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, October 16, 2022
- Hail, August 1, 2017
- Lakeshore Flood, October 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2019
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2007
- Hail, June 30, 2022
- Lightning, September 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2018
- High Wind, September 29, 2011
- Winter Storm, November 18, 2022
- Blizzard, April 2, 2024
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 30, 2026
- Ice Storm, April 2, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2026
- Blizzard, February 6, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2026
- Blizzard, January 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2026
- Blizzard, January 14, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 4, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2025
- Blizzard, November 26, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 8, 2025
- Heat, July 27, 2025
- Heat, June 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2025
- Ice Storm, March 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Blizzard, March 1, 2025
- Blizzard, February 28, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 15, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2024
- High Wind, November 11, 2024
- Hail, October 5, 2024
- Heavy Rain, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 13, 2024
- Blizzard, April 2, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Blizzard, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2023
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Flood, May 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, May 1, 2023
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2022
- Blizzard, December 20, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, October 16, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2022
- Wildfire, July 17, 2022
- Hail, June 30, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2022
- Wildfire, May 9, 2022
- Hail, May 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 27, 2022
- Ice Storm, March 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2022
- Ice Storm, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2022
- Blizzard, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2021
- Winter Weather, November 27, 2021
- High Wind, November 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, November 1, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Winter Weather, March 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2021
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2020
- High Wind, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 25, 2020
- Hail, September 26, 2020
- High Wind, September 6, 2020
- High Wind, September 3, 2020
- Strong Wind, June 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- High Wind, March 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 7, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 2, 2019
- Lightning, September 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2019
- Blizzard, February 7, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2019
- Blizzard, January 26, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 27, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2018
- Flood, October 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 30, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2018
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 2, 2018
- Flood, December 29, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2017
- Strong Wind, December 19, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 11, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 8, 2017
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2017
- Lakeshore Flood, October 24, 2017
- Hail, August 9, 2017
- Rip Current, August 2, 2017
- Hail, August 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2017
- Heavy Rain, June 18, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Ice Storm, April 26, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 3, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 29, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 7, 2016
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 18, 2016
- Hail, October 17, 2016
- Hail, July 26, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, April 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 12, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 16, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- High Wind, December 24, 2015
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 17, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2015
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, October 16, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 29, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Alger CountyEvery warning in Alger County since 1986Every county in Michigan
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.