Michigan

Storm History: Wexford County, Michigan

188 episodes, 223 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wexford 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
223
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$2.5 million
Episodes
188

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
Hail4100$54,000
Tornado4001$1.8 million
Winter Storm3900$20,000
Thunderstorm Wind3200$96,000
Heavy Snow2300$250,000
Flash Flood1300$99,000
Blizzard1100$15,000
High Wind600$81,000
Ice Storm600$3,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lake-Effect Snow200
Heat100
Drought100
Winter Weather100$10,000
Strong Wind100$9,000
Flood100$110,000
Excessive Heat100

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 Wexford County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Wexford CountyEvery warning in Wexford 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.