Michigan

Storm History: Mackinac County, Michigan

76 episodes, 117 events since 1975

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mackinac 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
117
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$520,000
Episodes
76

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 Storm3600
Hail1900$16,000
Tornado1801$80,000
Thunderstorm Wind1400$56,000
Flash Flood700$58,000
Ice Storm600
Blizzard600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Heavy Snow200
Lightning100$150,000
Lakeshore Flood100$150,000
High Wind100$10,000
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 Mackinac County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Mackinac CountyEvery warning in Mackinac 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.