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Tornadoes in Michigan

Michigan has recorded 1,141 tornadoes from 1950 through 2025, about 14.1 per year over the last 30 years. They killed 222 people and injured 3,064. June is the most active month.

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Tornadoes per year

96: 13961397: 18971898: 21982199: 10991000: 400401: 34013402: 11021103: 13031304: 23042305: 505506: 10061007: 23072308: 15081509: 309310: 27102711: 14111412: 612613: 12131214: 13141315: 14151416: 15161517: 917918: 15181519: 819820: 220221: 19211922: 422423: 14231424: 17241725: 322532
Michigan tornadoes per year, 1996–2025
50s: 9250s9260s: 10760s10770s: 22970s22980s: 18680s18690s: 16590s16500s: 14100s14110s: 13310s13320s: 8820s88
Tornadoes per decade (the 2020s are partial)

When tornadoes happen in Michigan

Jan: 1Jan1Feb: 7Feb7Mar: 65Mar65Apr: 113Apr113May: 188May188Jun: 252Jun252Jul: 198Jul198Aug: 177Aug177Sep: 86Sep86Oct: 38Oct38Nov: 15Nov15Dec: 1Dec1
Tornadoes by month, 1950–2025
EF0: 406EF0406EF1: 457EF1457EF2: 217EF2217EF3: 42EF342EF4: 15EF415EF5: 2EF52
Tornadoes by (E)F rating

Ratings before February 2007 use the original Fujita (F) scale; later tornadoes use the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. How the EF scale works.

Deadliest tornadoes in Michigan

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
June 8, 1953F5Genesee County18.9 mi833 yd116844
April 11, 1965F4Branch County80.5 mi10 yd21293
April 3, 1956F5Allegan County58.8 mi400 yd17292
May 8, 1964F4Macomb County3.3 mi833 yd11224
April 11, 1965F4Ottawa County20.6 mi300 yd5142
May 13, 1980F3Kalamazoo County10.6 mi450 yd579
June 8, 1953F4Monroe County5.4 mi200 yd418
June 8, 1953F2Iosco County16.6 mi833 yd413
May 12, 1956F4Genesee County6.6 mi100 yd3116
May 21, 1953F4St. Clair County10 mi1,760 yd268

Strongest tornadoes in Michigan

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
June 8, 1953F5Genesee County18.9 mi833 yd116844
April 3, 1956F5Allegan County58.8 mi400 yd17292
April 11, 1965F4Branch County80.5 mi10 yd21293
May 8, 1964F4Macomb County3.3 mi833 yd11224
April 11, 1965F4Ottawa County20.6 mi300 yd5142
June 8, 1953F4Monroe County5.4 mi200 yd418
May 12, 1956F4Genesee County6.6 mi100 yd3116
May 21, 1953F4St. Clair County10 mi1,760 yd268
April 3, 1956F4Manistee County50.3 mi400 yd125
April 11, 1965F4Clinton County21 mi100 yd18

Most recent tornadoes

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
September 22, 2025EF1Antrim County0.9 mi30 yd00
September 22, 2025EF0Antrim County0.1 mi10 yd00
September 22, 2025?Grand Traverse County0.1 mi10 yd00
July 26, 2025EF1Sanilac County1.7 mi100 yd00
June 18, 2025EF0Macomb County2.4 mi400 yd00
May 15, 2025EF0Genesee County1.2 mi100 yd00
May 15, 2025EF0Saginaw County3.4 mi160 yd00
May 15, 2025EF0Saginaw County1.6 mi250 yd00
May 15, 2025EF1Livingston County1.9 mi230 yd00
May 15, 2025EF1Eaton County15.7 mi250 yd00

Counties with the most tornadoes

CountyTornadoes since 1950Per 1,000 sq mi
Genesee County51207362637.4
Kent County44134228504.1
Monroe County39183989071
Wayne County38160816993.5
Allegan County36113018181.8
Oakland County36107543252.6
Shiawassee County35170715630.9
Ingham County32149064748.2
Lenawee County32110506666.7
Berrien County31141355633.8
Livingston County29132938053.1
Washtenaw County28102719546.7
Ionia County27122469352
Kalamazoo County27124430605
Saginaw County2787303370.8
Eaton County26117113043.5
Hillsdale County25108277592
Ottawa County24110212766
St. Clair County2486094182.8
Tuscola County2374000000

About this data

Tornado records come from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database of confirmed tornadoes, 1950–2025. Tornadoes that crossed state lines are counted in the state where they began. Counts in the early decades are lower partly because many weak tornadoes went unreported before Doppler radar and storm spotter networks.