Michigan

Storm History: Montcalm County, Michigan

256 episodes, 305 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Montcalm 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
305
Deaths
0
Injuries
34
Damage
$37 million
Episodes
256

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
Hail82024$15 million
Tornado7106$2.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind4800$531,000
Winter Storm3300$180,000
Heavy Snow2000
Flash Flood1404$480,000
High Wind900$13 million
Winter Weather900
Ice Storm500$200,000
Blizzard500
Flood400$4.5 million
Lake-Effect Snow200
Cold/Wind Chill100$100,000
Funnel Cloud100
Sleet100

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 Montcalm County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Montcalm CountyEvery warning in Montcalm 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.