Dense Fog in Michigan

Events

97

Deaths

2

Injuries

3

Damage

None recorded

• Dense Fog in Michigan, January 21 to 22, 20181 death · 2 injured · 1 eventWarm, moist air moved over an extensive snowpack to cause rapid melting of the snow. The result was dense advection fog which reduced visibility to less than a quarter mile and in many areas near zero.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, October 12, 20021 death · 1 eventA 17-year old male was killed while driving his pickup truck in dense fog. His truck collided with a dump truck hauling a trailer. Dense fog, which reduced visibility to near zero, was said to have been the cause of the accident.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, January 6 to 8, 200815 eventsWarm, moist air moving over melting snowpack produced widespread dense fog across much of Upper Michigan from the 6th continuing into the 8th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, November 2 to 4, 200814 eventsAbundant low level moisture trapped under drier air aloft resulted in periods of widespread dense fog across portions of Upper Michigan from the evening of the 2nd through the morning of the 4th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, January 20, 199912 eventsDense fog developed across southern lower Michigan as a result of snow on the ground, winds that went calm overnight, and considerable low level moisture that was in place. Visibilities across the area were reduced to a quarter of a mile or less during the early morning hours.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, October 11, 20021 injured · 1 eventA 19-year old male was injured when he ran a stop sign and struck a school bus. Noone on the bus was injured. Dense fog was said to be the cause of the accident.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, December 22 to 28, 20238 eventsSeveral days of well above normal to record warm high and low temperatures and continued snowmelt led to periods of dense fog for portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the 22nd into the 28th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, October 26, 20007 eventsOn this morning, the dense fog was found in metro Detroit. The fog caused significant headaches for morning commuters, and delayed dozens of flights at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 20117 eventsA warm moist southerly flow of air ahead of an approaching cold front and across an existing snow pack resulted in dense fog over portions of central and eastern Upper Michigan on the 17th and the early morning of the 18th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, June 7, 20066 eventsWidespread dense fog developed over Gogebic, Ontonagon, Keweenaw, Houghton and Baraga counties in the early morning hours of the 7th, slowing the morning commute to work.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, September 15, 20066 eventsLow level moisture combined with a surface high pressure ridge over the region helped produce widespread dense fog over much of the eastern half of Upper Michigan during the early morning hours of the 15th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, April 29 to 30, 20146 eventsRelatively warm moist air moving over a recent wet snowfall generated widespread dense fog over much of west and north central Upper Michigan from late on the 29th into the morning of the 30th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, October 25, 20003 eventsDense fog formed in the Tri Cities area during the early morning hours, dropping visibilities to an eighth of a mile at MBS International Airport.
• Winter Weather and Dense Fog in Michigan, April 8, 20133 eventsA low pressure system moving from the Plains through the Lower Great Lakes produced moderate snow over portions of northwest Upper Michigan on the morning of the 8th. Dense fog occurred over portions of the Keweenaw Peninsula on the afternoon of the 8th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, April 3, 20072 eventsDense fog formed in Marquette and Baraga counties on the morning of the 3rd and then continued into the afternoon hours before dissipating.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, June 2, 20142 eventsA light onshore easterly flow of warm moist air off Lake Superior generated dense fog over the Keweenaw Peninsula on the 2nd.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, August 31, 20001 eventDense fog contributed to a fatal car accident at M-90 and Melvin Road. One person was killed when two vehicles collided at the intersection.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, September 13, 20061 eventA Local newspaper reported that dense fog caused three rollover crashes involving semi-trucks, one car fire and one other crash on I-69. Officials had to shut down I-69 in both directions between the M-71 exit and the Grand River exit to clean up the crashes.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, May 22, 20101 eventA charter fishing boat struck a pier at the entrance to Manistee Harbor, took on water, and sank. The seven people on board were pulled from the water by the Coast Guard and a local good Samaritan.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, June 4, 20131 eventMoist low levels under building high pressure resulted in early morning dense fog over Luce County on the 12th.
• Dense Fog in Michigan, January 21 to 22, 20171 eventMoisture from recent rain and melting snow pack generated dense fog over portions of south central Upper Michigan on the 21st, particularly over Dickinson County.

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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.