Oakland storm history
Storm events recorded in Oakland, Michigan between 1950 and 2025.
1,210
Total events
36
Tornadoes
235
Hail
35
Floods
22
Deaths
$694.8M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
A 37 year old highland man died from several factors including an enlarged heart, obesity and hyperthermia.
A 56-year-old homeless woman died in her car Sunday Afternoon July 4th around 3:15 PM in Waterford. The Oakland County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death to be hyperthermia.
Trained spotters reported one to two inches of snow and one to two tenths of an inch of ice on top of the snow.
In Troy, an 84-year-old woman was found dead on the patio outside her retirement home. Hypothermia was the suspected cause of death.
Widespread trees reported blown down. The South Lyon DPW main building was severely damaged (roof torn off, all overhead doors blown in, walls bowing out). One South Lyon PD patrol vehicle was severely damaged on a flooded road responding to a stranded vehicle requiring rescue. H…
A tornado touched down 1 mile NNE of White Lake just west of the intersection of Teggerdine Rd and Pontiac Lake Rd. The tornado began as an EF-0 in which several healthy trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado then tracked southeast toward a neighborhood at the intersection …
Multiple trees blown down, blocking roadways. Trees blown down with property damage across parts of Farmington. The City of Farmington estimates property damage close to 1.5 million.
Roads and basements became flooding across southern Oakland county as 3 to 4 inches of rain was reported.
A mobile home park was damaged, with 80 percent of the homes suffering broken windows.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 0 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1 |
| 2023 | 27 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 |
| 2021 | 53 | 2 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019 | 41 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| 2015 | 16 | 0 |
| 2014 | 85 | 1 |
| 2013 | 53 | 0 |
| 2012 | 50 | 0 |
| 2011 | 47 | 0 |
| 2010 | 49 | 0 |
| 2009 | 33 | 0 |
| 2008 | 69 | 0 |
| 2007 | 51 | 1 |
| 2006 | 30 | 0 |
| 2005 | 38 | 0 |
| 2004 | 34 | 0 |
| 2003 | 39 | 1 |
| 2002 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 2 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 1 |
| 1996 | 24 | 1 |
| 1995 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 1 |
| 1990 | 11 | 2 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 5 |
| 1987 | 8 | 2 |
| 1986 | 11 | 2 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 4 | 2 |
| 1975 | 4 | 1 |
| 1974 | 6 | 1 |
| 1973 | 4 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 4 | 0 |
| 1968 | 5 | 0 |
| 1966 | 2 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | 3 | 1 |
| 1963 | 6 | 0 |
| 1962 | 3 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 2 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 0 |
| 1957 | 4 | 2 |
| 1956 | 2 | 2 |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |