NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Clinton, 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 Clinton, Michigan since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 85 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 6
Tornadoes: 85
EF3 or stronger: 7

What the records show for Clinton

None of the 6 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Clinton; the strongest was Ike in 2008, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 4 miles away. The record near Clinton begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was Ike in 2008. Of the 6 systems, one has come since 2000. Clinton has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 76% of the 546 Michigan cities on this site. The highest rating among the 85 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 11, 1965, came within 6 miles. Of the 85, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 16 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on March 30, 2025. Clinton has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 78% of the 546 Michigan cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 45 times since 1969, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Clinton has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 546 Michigan cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Clinton

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Clinton, Michigan, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
2008	IkeSep 14	4 mi	Tropical storm (58 mph)	Category 4
1932	Unnamed 1932 stormSep 4	41 mi	Tropical storm (47 mph)	Category 1
1923	Unnamed 1923 stormOct 19	59 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Tropical storm
1915	Unnamed 1915 stormAug 21	71 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 4
1902	Unnamed 1902 stormJun 29	71 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 1
1892	Unnamed 1892 stormSep 13	45 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 Clinton: 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 Clinton

By decade

2020s4
2010s9(1 EF3+)
2000s3
1990s10
1980s18
1970s22(1 EF3+)
1960s12(4 EF3+)
1950s7(1 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Clinton, Michigan
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Apr 11, 1965	F4	6 mi	90.3 mi	23 / 294
Apr 11, 1965	F4	5 mi	80.5 mi	21 / 293
May 11, 1974	F3	24 mi	0.9 mi	1 / 0
Jun 8, 1953	F3	9 mi	11.3 mi	1 / 5
Mar 15, 2012	EF3	18 mi	7.57 mi	0 / 0
Jul 4, 1969	F3	20 mi	13.9 mi	0 / 54
Aug 22, 1964	F3	12 mi	0.1 mi	0 / 2
Apr 3, 1974	F2	21 mi	19.3 mi	2 / 31
Jun 6, 2010	EF2	12 mi	13.01 mi	0 / 11
Jun 13, 1994	F2	23 mi	16 mi	0 / 2
Jun 2, 1990	F2	19 mi	15 mi	0 / 0
May 1, 1983	F2	7 mi	2 mi	0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 85, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Clinton

The Storm Prediction Center has 45 hail reports within 10 miles of Clinton since 1969, made on 34 separate days. Of these, 24 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 7 days, most recently July 18, 2010. The most recent report is from August 16, 2025. July has the most reports, 13.

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

Weather by month in Clinton

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Manchester, MI, 7 miles northwest of Clinton at 965 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 60°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 2.0 inches; the year adds up to 33.8 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 12 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 148 nights a year. That 33.8 inches is more than at 58 of the 131 Michigan stations used on this site (44%). Tecumseh, 4 miles south, has its own station (Adrian 2 NNE, MI): 36.7 inches a year, 2.9 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 83°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Manchester, MI
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	31	15	2.3	6
Feb	35	16	2.0	5
Mar	45	25	2.2	6
Apr	58	35	3.2	7
May	70	47	4.1	8
Jun	79	56	3.1	7
Jul	83	60	3.5	7
Aug	81	59	3.1	6
Sep	75	51	2.9	6
Oct	62	40	2.6	6
Nov	48	30	2.7	7
Dec	37	22	2.1	6
Year	59	38	33.8	77

Averages for 1991–2020 at Manchester, MI (965 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 Clinton

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 113 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Clinton: 111 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $825,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on May 9, 2000.

July 21, 1998: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Clinton — $200,000 damage.
September 14, 2008: flood 7 miles from the centre of Clinton — $200,000 damage.
May 9, 2000: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Clinton — $125,000 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

Lenawee County, which includes Clinton, has been named in 6 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 2 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms, 1 hurricane, 1 tornado). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 27, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lenawee County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $30.4 million a year, the 21st highest of 83 Michigan counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $14.8 million (49%), 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).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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