Michigan

Storm History: Monroe County, Michigan

418 episodes, 644 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Monroe 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
644
Deaths
21
Injuries
115
Damage
$117 million
Episodes
418

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
Hail19205$2.9 million
Tornado1461778$70 million
Thunderstorm Wind11006$3.7 million
Flash Flood3400$230,000
High Wind2900$19 million
Heavy Snow2800
Flood1730$7.7 million
Lakeshore Flood1700$400,000
Heat1302
Cold/Wind Chill11010$25,000
Winter Storm1000$5.0 million
Ice Storm700$6.6 million
Lightning604$41,000
Blizzard500$15,000
Winter Weather300$30,000
Excessive Heat300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Waterspout200
Drought200
Frost/Freeze200$1.3 million
Strong Wind200$7,000
Dense Fog100
Freezing Fog1110

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 Monroe County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Monroe CountyEvery warning in Monroe 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.