Michigan

Storm History: Luce County, Michigan

351 episodes, 406 events since 1977

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Luce 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
406
Deaths
4
Injuries
1
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
351

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
Winter Storm8400$56,000
Winter Weather7021$39,000
Hail4900$84,000
Blizzard4900$6,000
Lake-Effect Snow3700
Heavy Snow2700
High Wind1200$107,000
Flash Flood1100$1.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind1000$6,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Tornado900$30,000
Ice Storm800$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Frost/Freeze700
Dense Fog400
Flood200
Wildfire200$12 million
Seiche100
Lightning110$70,000
Heavy Rain100
Lakeshore Flood100
Strong Wind100$1,000
Excessive Heat100
Rip Current110

The deadliest

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 Luce County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Luce CountyEvery warning in Luce 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.