Tornadoes · United States · Michigan
1952 tornadoes in Michigan
No tornado was recorded in Michigan in 1952. The state averages 15.4 a year over the 74 years it has any in the record.
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.