Storm History: Iron County, Michigan
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Iron 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
- 425
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 352
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 Storm | 79 | 0 | 0 | $136,000 |
| Hail | 73 | 0 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| Winter Weather | 44 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 38 | 0 | 0 | $114,000 |
| Blizzard | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 27 | 0 | 2 | $440,000 |
| Flash Flood | 23 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 22 | 2 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lakeshore Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 8, 2000
- Flood, April 12, 2023
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 1997
- Flood, April 12, 2026
- Tornado, August 9, 2020
- Flood, April 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 4, 1999
- Flood, April 20, 1996
- Flash Flood, October 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, May 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 1998
- Tornado, April 30, 2010
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2019
- Flood, June 11, 2017
- Tornado, August 15, 1978
- Hail, April 9, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2010
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
- Flood, June 24, 2026
- Flood, April 12, 2026
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2026
- Ice Storm, April 2, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2026
- Blizzard, January 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2025
- Blizzard, November 26, 2025
- Heat, July 27, 2025
- Hail, July 8, 2025
- Heat, June 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2025
- Ice Storm, March 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 15, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- High Wind, November 11, 2024
- Blizzard, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Blizzard, January 12, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2023
- Hail, July 15, 2023
- Winter Storm, May 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 29, 2023
- Flood, April 12, 2023
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2023
- Blizzard, December 20, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, October 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2022
- Wildfire, May 9, 2022
- Flood, April 26, 2022
- Ice Storm, March 22, 2022
- Ice Storm, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2021
- Hail, June 8, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 20, 2020
- Tornado, August 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2019
- Hail, September 24, 2019
- Flood, April 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2019
- Blizzard, February 7, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2019
- Blizzard, January 26, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 30, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2017
- Hail, September 22, 2017
- Flood, June 11, 2017
- Hail, June 3, 2017
- Ice Storm, April 26, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2017
- Hail, April 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 3, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2016
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 17, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2016
- Tornado, May 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2015
- Hail, September 2, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, April 6, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Blizzard, February 13, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2014
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 24, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2014
- Lakeshore Flood, September 9, 2014
- Heavy Rain, August 22, 2014
- Tornado, July 6, 2014
- Hail, June 29, 2014
- Heavy Rain, June 23, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 26, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 27, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2013
- Hail, August 21, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, June 3, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 30, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 24, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, November 22, 2012
- Hail, October 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, June 1, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2012
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 18, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2011
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2011
- High Wind, September 29, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Winter Weather, April 3, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, June 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, May 7, 2010
- Tornado, April 30, 2010
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2009
- Winter Weather, October 23, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, June 6, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, June 2, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2009
- Winter Storm, April 19, 2009
- Blizzard, February 26, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, December 14, 2008
- Dense Fog, November 2, 2008
- Tornado, July 25, 2008
- Hail, May 25, 2008
- Blizzard, April 10, 2008
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2008
- Blizzard, April 1, 2008
- Blizzard, March 31, 2008
- Blizzard, February 9, 2008
- Blizzard, January 30, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2008
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2007
- Hail, September 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2007
- Hail, July 8, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 6, 2007
- Blizzard, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, September 10, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, September 9, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Iron CountyEvery warning in Iron 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.