Central Chippewa County, Michigan
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2019 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
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Hail reports
0
Floods since 1996
29
All events
0
Deaths
$80K
Property damage
Year by year
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Near-blizzard conditions were observed at KCIU on the 16th, with winds gusting 25-35mph and visibilities of a quarter mile or less off and on for several hours. Snowfall totals across the county were around 10 inches in the city of Sault Ste. Marie, MI to as high as 31 inches nea…
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Cooperative observer near Pickford reported a low temperature of -24F. Additionally, apparent temperatures at both Chippewa County International Airport in Kinross, and Sanderson Field in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, reached -23F.
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Apparent temperature at Sanderson Field in Sault Ste Marie, MI ASOS measured as low as -21F.
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Wind chills of -20 to -30F measured in this portion of Chippewa County, with cooperative observer sites reporting lows of -28F at Rudyard.
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Wind chills as low as -29F measured at Sanderson Field in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Recorded air temperature as low as -27F at the Pickford cooperative observer station.
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Chippewa County International Airport in Kinross, MI reported a minimum apparent temperature of -26F.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Chippewa County Sheriff's office shared image of whiteout conditions near Rudyard around 14:00, urging people to stay off the roads. Chippewa County International Airport, KCIU, reported persistent 1/4 mi visibilities and wind gusts of 35mph or greater between 10:00 and 16:00. Sn…
Seiche Seiche
Significant water level changes measured by water level equipment at Southwest Pier at the mouth of the St. Mary's River shipping channel, upstream of the Soo Locks. An amplitude of 6.67-ft of change from trough to peak is the largest in 20 years of seiche/meteotsunami data at th…
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The official snow observer at Sault Ste. Marie, MI reported 9.1 inches of snow by 11:55pm on the 28th.
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Accumulating snow began on the 28th. A period of intense snow associated with a vigorous lake effect snow band was noted between 0100EST and 1300EST on the 29th where 13inches fell in 12 hours, measured by the official snow observer on the SE side of town. Additional public repor…
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Accumulating snow began on the 28th, with accumulations around a foot by morning on the 29th...and enough to bring snow totals up to 20 inches by 4pm. By the afternoon of December 1st, 60-hour snowfall totals from Sugar Island reached as high as 42 inches.
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Multiple reports of eight to ten inches of snow in the Kincheloe/Kinross, MI area overnight, from social media and passed along by broadcast media.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
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