Storm History: Alpena County, Michigan
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Alpena 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
- 263
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $1.2 million
- Episodes
- 205
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 77 | 0 | 1 | $332,000 |
| Tornado | 47 | 0 | 3 | $641,000 |
| Winter Storm | 47 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 30 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $34,000 |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $77,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Hail, August 27, 1993
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2005
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Tornado, July 20, 1964
- Tornado, August 12, 1988
- High Wind, December 16, 2021
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Tornado, July 10, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2006
- Tornado, August 11, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2005
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Lakeshore Flood, October 21, 2019
- Tornado, June 13, 2004
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2007
- Tornado, April 24, 1993
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, August 27, 1990
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2006
- Hail, August 7, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, July 6, 1991
- Hail, August 29, 1984
- Hail, September 10, 1979
- Hail, July 20, 1975
- Hail, June 12, 1969
- Hail, July 8, 2024
- Hail, February 24, 2017
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Ice Storm, March 10, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Hail, August 7, 2025
- Ice Storm, March 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2025
- Hail, July 8, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Ice Storm, March 29, 2022
- High Wind, December 16, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Tornado, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, October 21, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 31, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2018
- Hail, May 26, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2017
- Hail, February 24, 2017
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- High Wind, December 24, 2015
- Hail, August 14, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2012
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2009
- Hail, June 14, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Tornado, July 10, 2007
- Hail, July 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2007
- Ice Storm, March 1, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2006
- Hail, July 9, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2006
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2005
- High Wind, November 16, 2005
- High Wind, November 13, 2005
- Hail, August 1, 2005
- Hail, July 18, 2005
- Hail, June 28, 2005
- Hail, June 8, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Heavy Snow, April 24, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Tornado, June 13, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2003
- Blizzard, November 12, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2003
- Hail, August 25, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2003
- Hail, July 31, 2002
- Blizzard, March 9, 2002
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2002
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2002
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2001
- Tornado, June 15, 2001
- Tornado, June 9, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2001
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2000
- Hail, August 2, 2000
- Hail, May 8, 2000
- Hail, October 12, 1999
- Hail, June 10, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 1999
- Blizzard, January 2, 1999
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Hail, September 26, 1998
- Tornado, June 25, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Tornado, May 19, 1998
- Flood, April 1, 1998
- Blizzard, March 9, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 14, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 8, 1998
- Hail, July 16, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 1997
- Winter Storm, March 13, 1997
- Winter Storm, February 27, 1997
- Winter Storm, February 21, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 24, 1997
- Blizzard, January 16, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 9, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 30, 1996
- Hail, August 14, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 1996
- Hail, July 8, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1996
- Hail, August 27, 1993
- Hail, August 10, 1993
- Tornado, April 24, 1993
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Hail, September 9, 1991
- Hail, July 6, 1991
- Hail, May 29, 1991
- Tornado, May 28, 1991
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Hail, August 27, 1990
- Tornado, September 3, 1988
- Tornado, August 16, 1988
- Tornado, August 12, 1988
- Tornado, August 5, 1988
- Tornado, July 15, 1988
- Hail, July 10, 1988
- Hail, May 9, 1988
- Hail, August 29, 1984
- Hail, July 31, 1983
- Tornado, June 26, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1982
- Tornado, July 17, 1982
- Tornado, June 21, 1982
- Tornado, April 19, 1980
- Hail, September 10, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1976
- Hail, October 13, 1975
- Hail, July 20, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 1971
- Tornado, June 7, 1971
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1970
- Hail, June 12, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 1966
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1965
- Tornado, July 20, 1964
- Hail, July 2, 1964
- Tornado, August 5, 1961
- Hail, September 9, 1960
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1957
- Tornado, June 19, 1955
More
Tornadoes in Alpena CountyEvery warning in Alpena 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.