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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mesick, 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 Mesick, Michigan since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 20 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
20

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

1 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Mesick

By decade

  • 2010s1
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s2
  • 1980s7
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s3(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s1(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Mesick, Michigan
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 3, 1956F420 mi50.3 mi1 / 25
Jun 26, 1969F324 mi6.4 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1974F217 mi1.2 mi0 / 1
Jul 31, 1963F217 mi19.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 1, 2002F125 mi6.5 mi0 / 1
Oct 15, 1989F17 mi1 mi0 / 0
Oct 15, 1989F123 mi12 mi0 / 0
Jun 26, 1986F113 mi0.7 mi0 / 0
Jun 8, 1985F120 mi6.7 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1983F118 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 15, 1976F120 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 4, 1968F121 mi0.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 20, 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 Mesick 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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