Storm History: Sanilac County, Michigan
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sanilac 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
- 397
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $26 million
- Episodes
- 298
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 114 | 0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Tornado | 76 | 2 | 2 | $4.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 38 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| High Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $9.5 million |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flash Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Heat | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 10 | $25,000 |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Lakeshore Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2013
- Tornado, September 2, 1984
- Frost/Freeze, April 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2006
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 22, 1996
- High Wind, January 19, 2013
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Ice Storm, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, April 16, 1998
- Tornado, July 13, 1995
- Tornado, June 20, 1982
- High Wind, October 30, 2004
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2026
- Tornado, July 26, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2025
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Hail, May 20, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2024
- Tornado, July 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Hail, August 29, 2022
- Hail, July 20, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2022
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 28, 2022
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Flood, September 22, 2021
- Hail, September 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2021
- Lakeshore Flood, November 15, 2020
- Hail, October 23, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, July 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2020
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 11, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 11, 2019
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood, October 16, 2019
- Hail, September 13, 2019
- Tornado, September 10, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2019
- Tornado, August 6, 2018
- Heat, July 1, 2018
- Heat, June 30, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2017
- Hail, August 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2017
- Lakeshore Flood, April 6, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Tornado, July 8, 2016
- Hail, May 29, 2016
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 4, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2015
- Tornado, November 6, 2015
- Tornado, August 2, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Hail, September 5, 2014
- Hail, July 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2013
- Hail, July 19, 2013
- Heat, July 14, 2013
- Hail, July 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Hail, April 18, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 16, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2013
- High Wind, January 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 27, 2012
- Tornado, March 15, 2012
- Strong Wind, October 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 24, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Hail, July 2, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Lightning, May 14, 2011
- Flood, April 28, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2011
- Blizzard, December 12, 2010
- High Wind, October 27, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Strong Wind, September 7, 2010
- Tornado, June 27, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2009
- Hail, May 7, 2009
- Hail, April 25, 2009
- Winter Storm, April 5, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- High Wind, December 28, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2008
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2008
- High Wind, January 30, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2008
- Blizzard, December 16, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 5, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2007
- Hail, August 29, 2007
- Tornado, August 23, 2007
- Hail, August 22, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2007
- Hail, July 9, 2007
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 28, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 24, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, January 3, 2007
- Hail, October 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2006
- Heat, July 29, 2006
- Hail, July 17, 2006
- Hail, June 28, 2006
- Hail, May 30, 2006
- Heat, May 29, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2005
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2005
- High Wind, November 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Tornado, June 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, April 23, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2005
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2005
- Blizzard, January 22, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2005
- Blizzard, December 23, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2004
- High Wind, October 30, 2004
- Hail, August 2, 2004
- Hail, July 17, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, June 9, 2004
- Flood, May 23, 2004
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Tornado, May 14, 2004
- High Wind, April 19, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2004
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Tornado, August 21, 2003
- Hail, April 20, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2002
- Hail, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Hail, July 22, 2002
- Hail, June 22, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- High Wind, February 1, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- High Wind, October 16, 2001
- Hail, September 7, 2001
- Heat, August 6, 2001
- Drought, July 1, 2001
- Tornado, June 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Blizzard, December 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow, October 7, 2000
- Dense Fog, August 31, 2000
- Hail, August 9, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2000
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Excessive Heat, March 8, 2000
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 1999
- Hail, October 13, 1999
- Tornado, July 28, 1999
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Hail, May 17, 1999
- Heat, February 11, 1999
- Winter Weather, January 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 1999
- Blizzard, January 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 1998
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- High Wind, June 2, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Hail, May 29, 1998
- Hail, May 19, 1998
- Tornado, April 16, 1998
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 6, 1997
- Tornado, June 21, 1997
- Hail, May 8, 1997
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Ice Storm, March 13, 1997
- High Wind, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 21, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 1997
- High Wind, October 30, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Sanilac CountyEvery warning in Sanilac 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.