NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Perrinton, 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

4 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Perrinton, Michigan since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1941. Since 1950, 64 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 4
Tornadoes: 64
EF3 or stronger: 3

What the records show for Perrinton

None of the 4 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Perrinton; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 62 mph winds when its centre passed 10 miles away. The record near Perrinton begins with an unnamed storm in 1900; the most recent system was an unnamed storm in 1941, a tropical storm 8 miles away. None of the 4 systems has come since 2000. Of the 546 Michigan cities on this site, 52% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Perrinton. The highest rating among the 64 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 21, 1967, came within 11 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on June 11, 1968, killed 1 person. Of the 64, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 20 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 15. The most recent tornado was on March 30, 2025. Of the 546 Michigan cities, 51% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Perrinton. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 20 times since 1976, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 546 Michigan cities, 82% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Perrinton.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Perrinton

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Perrinton, Michigan, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
1941	Unnamed 1941 stormSep 25	8 mi	Tropical storm (49 mph)	Category 3
1932	Unnamed 1932 stormSep 4	41 mi	Tropical storm (47 mph)	Category 1
1923	Unnamed 1923 stormOct 19	15 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Tropical storm
1900	Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11	10 mi	Tropical storm (62 mph)	Category 4

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

By decade

2020s2
2010s8
2000s10
1990s5
1980s12
1970s10
1960s11(3 EF3+)
1950s6

Strongest tornadoes near Perrinton, Michigan
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Apr 11, 1965	F4	21 mi	21 mi	1 / 8
Apr 21, 1967	F4	11 mi	12 mi	0 / 8
Apr 23, 1968	F3	20 mi	60.9 mi	0 / 11
Jun 11, 1968	F2	6 mi	0.1 mi	1 / 0
May 12, 1956	F2	12 mi	3.8 mi	1 / 4
Jul 4, 1994	F2	20 mi	0.3 mi	0 / 0
Nov 27, 1989	F2	19 mi	6 mi	0 / 0
Apr 28, 1986	F2	23 mi	26.5 mi	0 / 0
Aug 30, 1984	F2	10 mi	2.5 mi	0 / 0
Jun 15, 1982	F2	22 mi	19 mi	0 / 3
Jun 15, 1982	F2	5 mi	5.9 mi	0 / 0
Apr 2, 1977	F2	23 mi	3.3 mi	0 / 6

The strongest 12 of 64, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Perrinton

The Storm Prediction Center has 20 hail reports within 10 miles of Perrinton since 1976, made on 19 separate days. Of these, 4 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently May 10, 2003. The most recent report is from April 11, 2008. June has the most reports, 6.

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

Weather by month in Perrinton

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Saint Johns, MI, 12 miles southeast of Perrinton at 743 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 31°F and 18°F. May is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and February and December the driest at 1.8 inches; the year adds up to 34.1 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 144 nights a year. That 34.1 inches is more than at 63 of the 131 Michigan stations used on this site (48%). Carson City, 8 miles west, has its own station (Alma, MI): 34.5 inches a year, 0.4 more than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 83°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Saint Johns, MI
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	31	18	2.1	6
Feb	33	19	1.8	4
Mar	44	26	1.9	5
Apr	57	36	3.6	7
May	69	48	3.8	8
Jun	79	59	3.4	6
Jul	83	62	3.2	6
Aug	81	61	3.5	6
Sep	75	53	2.9	6
Oct	62	43	3.3	7
Nov	47	33	2.8	5
Dec	36	24	1.8	5
Year	58	40	34.1	72

Averages for 1991–2020 at Saint Johns, MI (743 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 Perrinton

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 36 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Perrinton: 35 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 flood. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $508,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 18, 2026.

October 24, 2001: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Perrinton — 1 killed, $20,000 damage.
May 18, 2020: flood 10 miles from the centre of Perrinton — $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

Gratiot County, which includes Perrinton, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms, 2 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Gratiot 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 and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.7 million a year, the 39th highest of 83 Michigan counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $9.2 million (55%), 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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