Storm History: Mason County, Michigan
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mason 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
- 258
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $20 million
- Episodes
- 226
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 | 49 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 5 | $2.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 0 | $858,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 22 | 0 | 8 | $2.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | $5.1 million |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $4.8 million |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2008
- Flood, April 17, 2013
- Tornado, April 12, 1972
- Flood, May 21, 2004
- Hail, May 31, 1998
- Flood, July 19, 2019
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2019
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2003
- Tornado, August 28, 2018
- Hail, October 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, February 9, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2012
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2020
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- High Wind, November 17, 2013
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flood, June 9, 2004
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2012
- Hail, July 17, 2006
- Hail, October 2, 2006
- Hail, June 25, 1998
- Hail, June 17, 2014
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Hail, July 13, 2000
- Hail, July 3, 1991
- Hail, August 29, 1984
- Hail, August 31, 1976
- Hail, July 10, 1975
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2001
- Hail, May 31, 1998
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, March 30, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2025
- Hail, August 27, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Rip Current, September 3, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2022
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2022
- High Wind, December 16, 2021
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2019
- Flood, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2019
- Tornado, August 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Hail, April 20, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 9, 2016
- Sleet, December 29, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2015
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 17, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2014
- Hail, June 17, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- High Wind, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2013
- Flood, April 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 15, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 1, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2012
- High Wind, October 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2012
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 1, 2012
- Hail, October 25, 2011
- Hail, September 29, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 22, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 6, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2010
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 1, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2009
- High Wind, December 28, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2008
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2008
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Hail, April 25, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2008
- Blizzard, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2007
- Blizzard, February 2, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 6, 2006
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 4, 2006
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2006
- Hail, October 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2006
- Hail, July 17, 2006
- Hail, July 9, 2006
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2006
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2005
- Tornado, July 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2005
- Hail, March 30, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2004
- High Wind, October 30, 2004
- Tornado, August 27, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2004
- Flood, June 9, 2004
- Flood, May 21, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2004
- Tornado, July 20, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2002
- Hail, April 18, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2001
- Hail, August 9, 2001
- Hail, May 17, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2001
- Flash Flood, February 9, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2000
- Winter Storm, November 19, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2000
- Hail, July 13, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2000
- Winter Storm, April 7, 2000
- Hail, March 8, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2000
- Winter Weather, March 8, 1999
- Winter Weather, March 4, 1999
- Winter Weather, March 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 5, 1999
- Winter Weather, January 11, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 10, 1999
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 8, 1999
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 5, 1999
- Winter Weather, January 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 1999
- Blizzard, January 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 1998
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 21, 1998
- Tornado, November 10, 1998
- Hail, September 7, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 6, 1998
- Hail, June 25, 1998
- Hail, May 31, 1998
- Hail, May 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 1998
- Lake-Effect Snow, March 10, 1998
- Blizzard, March 9, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 22, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 7, 1998
- Winter Weather, January 4, 1998
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 30, 1997
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 4, 1997
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 11, 1997
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1997
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 21, 1997
- Flood, February 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 1996
- Hail, May 19, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 29, 1996
- Hail, August 13, 1995
- Hail, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, July 5, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 1992
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Tornado, July 7, 1991
- Hail, July 3, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 1989
- Tornado, August 17, 1988
- Tornado, June 8, 1985
- Hail, August 29, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 1983
- Hail, August 31, 1976
- Hail, July 10, 1975
- Tornado, April 12, 1972
- Tornado, August 15, 1966
- Hail, April 24, 1960
More
Tornadoes in Mason CountyEvery warning in Mason 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.