Hail in Michigan
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Michigan, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in Michigan.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 6,036
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $446 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 12, 1956
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 2 to 4, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 13, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 31, 1998Damage surveys conducted by the National Weather Service Office in Grand Rapids, MI, in addition to trained spotter reports, local media meteorologist input, emergency management officials, and a review of National Weather Service Doppler Radar, indicate the widespread and…
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 24, 2023Severe storms developed during the evening hours in an extremely unstable environment. Two tornadoes occurred. The first tornado touched down in west central Kent County from Alpine Township to Plainfield Township and was rated an EF-1.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, April 2, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 20, 2022Multiple thunderstorms tracked across northern Michigan during the afternoon, including a supercell thunderstorm that produced the EF-3 tornado that hit the town of Gaylord along with very large hail in other parts of the area.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 3 to 6, 2026On the afternoon of March 6th, 2026, a lone supercell developed in La Porte County, IN and tracked northeast into Lower Michigan. The supercell moved through Cass, St Joseph, Branch, and Calhoun counties.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 13, 1995Thunderstorm winds to 61 kts (70 mph) were reported at Backus, and several trees were blown down 10 miles north of Pine River.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 4, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 20, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, October 18, 2007A late season severe weather outbreak occurred on October 18th. An EF-2 tornado struck Ingham county, resulting in millions of dollars worth of damage and two fatalities. About a hundred structures were damaged in a subdivision on the south side of Williamston in Ingham county.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 30, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 21, 1998July 21st was one of the hottest days of the summer in southeast Michigan, as temperatures soared into the middle to upper 90s. An extremely humid airmass was also in place, with dew points in the upper 70s.
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 31, 1998On the evening of the 30th, a strong low pressure system was located over the upper Mississippi Valley. The low moved rapidly east that night, reaching northern lower Michigan by daybreak on the 31st.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 16, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 17, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, April 17, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 11, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 2, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 4, 1986
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Michigan, March 15, 2012An amplified, upper level weather pattern allowed for an unseasonably warm and humid air mass to infiltrate the southern Great Lakes region. Highly anomalous for the month of March, surface dew points climbed into the lower 60 degree range across much of Southeastern Michigan.
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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.