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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Maybee, 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

5 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Maybee, Michigan since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 100 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
5

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
100

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
9

67 deaths in all

What the records show for Maybee

None of the 5 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Maybee; the strongest was Ike in 2008, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 11 miles away. The record near Maybee begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was Ike in 2008. Of the 5 systems, one has come since 2000. Maybee has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 48% of the 546 Michigan cities on this site. The highest rating among the 100 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 5 times; the most recent, on April 11, 1965, came within 3 miles. Of the 100, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 31 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 29. The most recent tornado was on March 30, 2025. Maybee has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 94% of the 546 Michigan cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 76 times since 1957, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Maybee has more hail reports within 10 miles than 80% of the 546 Michigan cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Maybee

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Maybee, Michigan, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2008IkeSep 1411 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 457 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 2155 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 2960 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1892Unnamed 1892 stormSep 1424 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s11
  • 2010s17
  • 2000s3
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s17
  • 1970s25(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s12(5 EF3+)
  • 1950s7(3 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Maybee, Michigan
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 11, 1965F43 mi90.3 mi23 / 294
Apr 11, 1965F43 mi80.5 mi21 / 293
Apr 11, 1965F420 mi5.6 mi18 / 236
Jun 8, 1953F417 mi5.4 mi4 / 18
May 12, 1956F423 mi6.8 mi0 / 22
Jun 8, 1953F320 mi11.3 mi1 / 5
Apr 3, 1974F315 mi0.3 mi0 / 3
Jul 4, 1969F37 mi13.9 mi0 / 54
Apr 17, 1963F313 mi0.5 mi0 / 1
Jun 15, 2023EF220 mi3.81 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 2010EF25 mi13.01 mi0 / 11
Apr 16, 1992F224 mi2 mi0 / 4

The strongest 12 of 100, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Maybee

The Storm Prediction Center has 76 hail reports within 10 miles of Maybee since 1957, made on 54 separate days. Of these, 47 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on April 17, 1963. The most recent report is from July 14, 2023. June has the most reports, 27.

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

Weather by month in Maybee

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dundee, MI, 7 miles southwest of Maybee at 660 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 17°F. May is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.0 inches; the year adds up to 35.0 inches over 76 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 39.1 inches a year, most of it in January. That 35.0 inches is more than at 78 of the 131 Michigan stations used on this site (60%). Willis, 7 miles north, has its own station (Detroit Willow Run Airport, MI): 30.2 inches a year, 4.8 less than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 84°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Dundee, MI
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan32172.5612.3
Feb35182.069.3
Mar45262.566.7
Apr58363.371.3
May70483.880.0
Jun80583.470.0
Jul84623.070.0
Aug82603.760.0
Sep75532.960.0
Oct63412.660.0
Nov49322.960.7
Dec37242.468.8
Year594035.07639.1

Averages for 1991–2020 at Dundee, MI (660 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.

Michigan weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Maybee

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 158 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Maybee: 152 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 lightning strikes, 2 flash floods and 1 flood. They killed 0 people and injured 7, and the NWS estimated $8.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on May 21, 2004.

  • June 29, 2024: lightning strike 4 miles from the centre of Maybee — 4 injured.

  • May 25, 2019: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Maybee — 2 injured.

  • June 24, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Maybee — 1 injured, $15,000 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

Monroe County, which includes Maybee, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on February 8, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Monroe County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding; Relatively Low for coastal flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $54.7 million a year, the 12th highest of 83 Michigan counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $34.0 million (62%), 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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