With the end of the decade, the 2010s, it is time to look back at the most significant weather and climate events to affect Southeast Michigan.
Thank you to everyone that participated in helping to determine the list for Top Ten Southeast Michigan Weather Events for the 2010s. Below are two lists: First is the Top Ten as voted by the residents of Southeast Michigan. Next is the Top Ten as voted by NWS Detroit/Pontiac meteorologists. Please click on the links to get more details about each event.
| Place | Event |
|---|---|
|
1 |
Winter 2013-14 Cold and Snowy Winter (Harshest on record using the AWSSI Scale) |
| 2 | August 11, 2014 Metro Detroit Floods (Nearly $1.8 billion in damages, the most in damage for any weather event in the state's history) |
| 3 | January 29-February 1, 2019 Arctic Outbreak |
| 4 | March 8, 2017 High Wind (About 1 million homes and business without power in Lower Michigan) |
| 5 | 2019 Record High Water Levels on the Great Lakes |
| 6 | December 21-22, 2013 Ice Storm (nearly 400,000 homes without power statewide from Grand Rapids to Flint to the Thumb) |
| 7 | February 1, 2015 Snowstorm (Detroit's third heaviest snowstorm) |
| 8 | March 15, 2012 Tornadoes including the EF3 Dexter Tornado |
| 9 | November 11, 2019 Veteran's Day Snowstorm |
| 10 | April 13-15, 2018 Ice Storm (500,000+ power outages) |
| Place | Event |
|---|---|
|
1 |
August 11, 2014 Metro Detroit Floods (Nearly $1.8 billion in damages, the most in damage for any weather event in the state's History) |
| 2 | March 8, 2017 High Wind (About 1 million homes and business without power in Lower Michigan) |
| 3 | Winter 2013-14 Cold and Snowy Winter (Harshest on record using the AWSSI Scale) |
| 4 | 2019 Record High Water Levels on the Great Lakes |
| 5 | March 2012 Heat Wave (greatest departure from average for any month in Southeast Michigan history) |
| 6 | March 15, 2012 Tornadoes including the EF3 Dexter Tornado |
| 7 | October 29-30, 2012 Hurricane Sandy Great Lakes Storm |
| 8 | February 2015 Cold (Top two or three coldest months on record for all three climate sites) |
| 9 | February 1, 2015 Snowstorm (Detroit's third heaviest snowstorm) |
| 10 | December 21-22, 2013 Ice Storm (nearly 400,000 homes without power statewide from Grand Rapids to Flint to the Thumb) |
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