46
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$2.2M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Lake County, Michigan: 46 recorded events between 1976 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 61. That places the county #2,754 nationally and #75 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Lake County, Michigan: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Lake County is the 2000s, when 15 of the county's 46 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Lake County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 58.2% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,754 for this hazard and #75 within Michigan, putting it in the 12.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Lake County with 13 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | OLIVERS | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 27, 2024 | BALDWIN MUNI ARPT | 52 | $75K |
| Aug 27, 2024 | BALDWIN | 52 | $25K |
| Jun 25, 2023 | BRANCH | 52 | $100K |
| Aug 27, 2021 | BALDWIN | 61 | $50K |
| Nov 11, 2020 | BALDWIN | 52 | $50K |
| Jun 3, 2020 | BALDWIN | 52 | $10K |
| May 26, 2020 | IDLEWILD | 52 | $10K |
| Jul 20, 2019 | WOLF LAKE | 61 | $250K |
| Jul 2, 2018 | BALDWIN | 52 | $10K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Michigan State Police EMD's Damage and Injury Assessment Report indicated $89,176 in public damage costs and the Lake County Star newspaper reported $514,850 in private property damage and $502,500 in clean-up costs. No injuries were reported. Hardest hit townships included Lake, Peacock, and Yates. The newspaper reported an entanglement of trees, limbs, and power lines were left throughout the county, with the area from just south of Big Star Lake in Lake Township northeast through Idlewild having been especially hard-hit. Public buildings in Baldwin incurred minor damage and Michigan Highway 37, 4 miles south of Baldwin, was closed for a period on May 31st for tree and debris removal. Lake County declared a local state of emergency, which was lifted late in the day on Monday, June 1st.
The storms that moved through Lake County produced reports of tree damage and subsevere hail. The hardest hit location appeared to be near the Wolf Lake area, where trees and power lines were downed and a report of hail estimated at 0.88 inch diameter fell.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Lake County, Michigan?
46 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Lake County between 1976 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Lake County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Lake County measured 61.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Lake County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Lake County, Michigan.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/michigan/lake-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.