Tornadoes · United States · Michigan

1950 tornadoes in Michigan

No tornado was recorded in Michigan in 1950. The state averages 15.4 a year over the 74 years it has any in the record.

1951 The whole country in 1950

What Michigan usually sees

The record has 1,141 tornadoes in Michigan since 1950, 222 deaths. Every year in Michigan.

Nearby

Every tornado in Michigan since 1950Warnings in force in MichiganThe live radar over Michigan

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.