Michigan

Storm History: Chippewa County, Michigan

126 episodes, 200 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Chippewa 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
200
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$916,000
Episodes
126

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail5800$12,000
Winter Storm5500$95,000
Tornado3201$322,000
Thunderstorm Wind1900$107,000
Flash Flood800$133,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Ice Storm600
Blizzard600
High Wind300$25,000
Flood200$20,000
Waterspout100$200,000
Lightning100$3,000
Heavy Snow100
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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 tornado in Chippewa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Chippewa CountyEvery warning in Chippewa 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.