NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Byron, 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 October 26, 2026

6 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Byron, Michigan since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 111 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 6
Tornadoes: 111
EF3 or stronger: 6

What the records show for Byron

None of the 6 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Byron; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 63 mph winds when its centre passed 42 miles away. The record near Byron begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was Ike in 2008, a tropical storm 45 miles away. Of the 6 systems, one has come since 2000. Byron has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 76% of the 546 Michigan cities on this site. The strongest of the 111 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on June 8, 1953; its path came within 20 miles, and it killed 116 people. Of the 111, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 39 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 24. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Byron has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 98% of the 546 Michigan cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 29 times since 1974, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 546 Michigan cities, 62% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Byron.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Byron

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Byron, Michigan, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
2008	IkeSep 14	45 mi	Tropical storm (58 mph)	Category 4
1941	Unnamed 1941 stormSep 25	51 mi	Tropical storm (51 mph)	Category 3
1932	Unnamed 1932 stormSep 4	overhead	Tropical storm (48 mph)	Category 1
1923	Unnamed 1923 stormOct 19	29 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Tropical storm
1900	Unnamed 1900 stormSep 12	42 mi	Tropical storm (63 mph)	Category 4
1892	Unnamed 1892 stormSep 14	61 mi	Tropical storm (58 mph)	Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Byron: 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 Byron

By decade

2020s11
2010s15
2000s13
1990s19
1980s19(1 EF3+)
1970s18
1960s4(1 EF3+)
1950s12(4 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Byron, Michigan
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Jun 8, 1953	F5	20 mi	18.9 mi	116 / 844
May 12, 1956	F4	19 mi	6.6 mi	3 / 116
Apr 11, 1965	F4	16 mi	21 mi	1 / 8
Jul 4, 1957	F4	24 mi	29.9 mi	0 / 6
Aug 8, 1984	F3	18 mi	0.8 mi	0 / 0
Jun 8, 1953	F3	21 mi	9.1 mi	0 / 11
Aug 24, 2023	EF2	14 mi	12.02 mi	2 / 4
Oct 18, 2007	EF2	13 mi	19 mi	2 / 1
Aug 14, 1988	F2	23 mi	26.6 mi	1 / 0
Feb 28, 2024	EF2	16 mi	5.73 mi	0 / 0
Mar 14, 2019	EF2	9 mi	18.2 mi	0 / 0
May 28, 2013	EF2	20 mi	4.61 mi	0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 111, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Byron

The Storm Prediction Center has 29 hail reports within 10 miles of Byron since 1974, made on 23 separate days. Of these, 14 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on May 25, 1994. The most recent report is from April 24, 2022. May has the most reports, 10.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Byron

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Durand Wwtp, MI, 8 miles north of Byron at 770 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 31°F and 15°F. May is the wettest at 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.5 inches; the year adds up to 33.7 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 148 nights a year. That 33.7 inches is more than at 55 of the 131 Michigan stations used on this site (42%). Linden, 7 miles east, has its own station (Flint Bishop International Airport, MI): 32.1 inches a year, 1.6 less than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 83°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Durand Wwtp, MI
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	31	15	2.2	6
Feb	34	15	1.5	5
Mar	44	24	2.0	5
Apr	57	34	3.3	7
May	69	47	4.1	9
Jun	79	57	3.9	7
Jul	83	61	3.2	6
Aug	81	58	3.2	6
Sep	75	50	3.0	6
Oct	61	39	3.1	7
Nov	47	30	2.3	6
Dec	36	21	1.9	5
Year	58	37	33.7	75

Averages for 1991–2020 at Durand Wwtp, MI (770 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Byron

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 117 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Byron: 112 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $922,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 82 mph, on June 8, 2008.

June 8, 2008: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Byron — $250,000 damage.
June 17, 2009: flood 8 miles from the centre of Byron — $200,000 damage.
May 13, 2011: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Byron — $100,000 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

Shiawassee County, which includes Byron, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 3 severe storms, 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 27, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Shiawassee County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.1 million a year, the 31st highest of 83 Michigan counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.5 million (34%), 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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