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.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Boyne City, Michigan since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 23 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 23
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Boyne City
The highest rating among the 23 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 20, 2022, came within 18 miles. Of the 23, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 7. The most recent tornado was on September 22, 2025. Of the 546 Michigan cities on this site, 86% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Boyne City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 27 times since 1962, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 546 Michigan cities, 66% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Boyne City.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Boyne City
By decade
- 2020s3(1 EF3+)
- 2010s3
- 2000s1
- 1990s3
- 1980s3
- 1970s3(1 EF3+)
- 1960s2
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2022 | EF3 | 18 mi | 17.54 mi | 2 / 44 |
| Jul 3, 1974 | F3 | 10 mi | 11.9 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 31, 1977 | F2 | 8 mi | 19.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 8, 1964 | F2 | 19 mi | 16.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | EF1 | 19 mi | 0.85 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2014 | EF1 | 25 mi | 4.02 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 1, 2002 | F1 | 3 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1993 | F1 | 19 mi | 11.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 1990 | F1 | 23 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 7, 1985 | F1 | 12 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 11, 1969 | F1 | 25 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 16, 1958 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 23, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Boyne City
The Storm Prediction Center has 27 hail reports within 10 miles of Boyne City since 1962, made on 23 separate days. Of these, 12 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on July 8, 2016. The most recent report is from September 4, 2017. June has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Boyne City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Boyne Falls, MI, 6 miles southeast of Boyne City at 728 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 28°F and 14°F. October is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.7 inches; the year adds up to 36.5 inches over 89 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 16 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 160 nights a year. Snowfall averages 111.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 36.5 inches is more than at 100 of the 131 Michigan stations used on this site (76%). East Jordan, 8 miles southwest, has its own station (E Jordan, MI): 32.8 inches a year, 3.7 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 14 | 2.7 | 9 | 32.0 |
| Feb | 32 | 13 | 1.7 | 6 | 20.4 |
| Mar | 42 | 21 | 1.9 | 5 | 11.2 |
| Apr | 56 | 32 | 3.1 | 7 | 4.7 |
| May | 70 | 43 | 3.2 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 80 | 53 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 84 | 58 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 82 | 57 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 50 | 3.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 40 | 4.4 | 10 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 45 | 30 | 3.3 | 9 | 11.4 |
| Dec | 33 | 22 | 2.7 | 9 | 31.2 |
| Year | 57 | 36 | 36.5 | 89 | 111.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Boyne Falls, MI (728 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Boyne City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 29 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Boyne City: 27 thunderstorm wind reports, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $344,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 201 mph, on September 11, 1996.
July 14, 2024: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Boyne City — 3 injured, $65,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Charlevoix County, which includes Boyne City, has been named in 8 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 4 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought, 1 flood, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Charlevoix County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for strong wind and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, coastal flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.1 million a year, the 59th highest of 83 Michigan counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.9 million (48%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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