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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Almont, MI

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

6 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Almont, Michigan since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 66 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
6

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
66

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

15 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Almont

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Almont, Michigan, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2008IkeSep 1425 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1955ConnieAug 1458 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 424 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 1
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 1962 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1246 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 4
1892Unnamed 1892 stormSep 1420 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Almont: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Almont

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s8
  • 1990s11
  • 1980s15(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s13(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s3(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s5(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Almont, Michigan
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 8, 1964F421 mi3.3 mi11 / 224
May 21, 1953F423 mi10 mi2 / 68
Jun 8, 1953F415 mi33.8 mi0 / 23
Mar 20, 1976F314 mi17.1 mi1 / 3
Sep 2, 1984F323 mi15.6 mi0 / 1
May 28, 2013EF223 mi4.61 mi0 / 0
Mar 15, 2012EF219 mi4.59 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 1996F219 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Sep 10, 1986F224 mi7.7 mi0 / 0
Aug 30, 1984F213 mi5.6 mi0 / 4
May 19, 1983F211 mi1.8 mi0 / 0
May 21, 1975F210 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 66, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Almont while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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