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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Boyne City, MI

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

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Boyne City, Michigan since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 21 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
21

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

2 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Boyne City

By decade

  • 2020s1(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s3(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Boyne City, Michigan
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 20, 2022EF318 mi17.54 mi2 / 44
Jul 3, 1974F310 mi11.9 mi0 / 2
Jul 31, 1977F28 mi19.4 mi0 / 0
May 8, 1964F219 mi16.6 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2014EF125 mi4.02 mi0 / 0
Aug 1, 2002F13 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 1993F119 mi11.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 8, 1990F123 mi12 mi0 / 0
Sep 7, 1985F112 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jul 11, 1969F125 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 1958F118 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 4, 1957F115 mi6.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 21, 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 Boyne City 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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