Osceola County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Osceola County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Mar 8, 2017High Wind, Osceola$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Peak wind gusts of up to 60 mph resulted in numerous downed trees and limbs and power lines and widespread power outages.

2. Apr 17, 2013Flood$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Osceola county.

3. Apr 12, 2014Flood$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Osceola central dispatch reported flooding along Muskegon River and also that several roadways were flooded and closed. Severe flooding was reported along the Muskegon River near Evart and Governor Snyder declared a state of disaster for Osceola county.

4. Jun 13, 2008Flash Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An emergency manager reported that the Mackinaw trail just south of the Osceola and Wexford county line was washed out. Other small roadways and bridges were also closed due to washouts. A presidential disaster declaration was issued for Osceola county for the flooding. Damage to public infrastructure (mostly road and bridge washouts) was estimated at up to around one million dollars for this event.

5. May 23, 2004Flood, Osceola$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June. Flooding in mid May resulted in very high river levels and the ground was saturated on the 20th. Numerous thunderstorm complexes and areas of heavy rainfall developed repeatedly in the vicinity of a quasi stationary frontal boundary draped across southern lower Michigan. The heaviest rain fell on Saturday, May 22nd, when over two inches of rain fell over most of the area. Total rainfall over the Grand River basin from May 20th through June 3rd varied from four to as much as seven inches.The Grand…

6. Aug 1, 2002Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A F1 tornado struck Tustin (Osceola county) during the late evening hours of the first of August. The maximum winds were estimated to have peaked at the 100 to 110 m.p.h. range... ranking the tornado as a F1 on the Fujita scale. The tornado traveled from west to east and left a damage path that was 6.5 miles long and about a half mile wide. The storm traveled along 21 mile road passing about one mile north of the center of Tustin. The path of damage began about half a mile west of the intersection of 230th Avenue and 21 Mile Road. From there the tornado intensified and moved east. The worst damage occurred along 21 Mile Road between 220th and 200th Avenues. Numerous trees were…

7. Dec 11, 2010Winter Storm, Osceola$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Fourteen inches of snow fell in Dighton and ten to fifteen inches of heavy wet snow was reported across most of northern Osceola county. Six to ten inches of snow fell across the southern half of Osceola county. Power outages were reported due to the strong wind and heavy wet snow.

8. Dec 17, 2002Ice Storm, Osceola$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A period of freezing rain began across the I-94 and I-96 corridors of central and southern lower Michigan during the late evening hours of the 17th and lifted north overnight. The heaviest ice accumulations were reported across Osceola county, where anywhere from a quarter to half inch of ice accumulation was reported. Around a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation was reported across Clare, Mecosta and Isabella counties.

9. Apr 3, 2003Ice Storm, Osceola$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A major ice storm affected much of southern lower Michigan, causing hundreds of thousands of people to lose power. The weight of the ice brought down thousands of trees and limbs and hundreds of power lines. Many people across the area lost power for several days and some people who live in outlying areas were without power for a week. The ice storm resulted in several million dollars worth of damage across the area.The ice storm came in three stages. The first period of freezing rain during the afternoon hours of the 3rd resulted in up to a quarter of an inch of ice across Osceola and Isabella counties, in central lower Michigan. The second period of freezing rain came during the…

10. Jul 29, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$150,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A large severe weather outbreak across southern and central lower Michigan during the late afternoon and evening hours resulted in numerous reports of downed trees and power lines, and a few reports of large hail. The first reports of wind damage came from 6 miles northeast of Reed City and and 7 miles west of Evart, both in Osceola county. Numerous trees were reported down by law enforcement in those areas. The only report of large hail came from 5 miles west of Barryton, in Mecosta county, where one inch hail was reported by law enforcement. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Weidman and Blanchard (Isabella county). Numerous trees were blown down across Montcalm…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

99°F2 times, most recently Jul 14, 1995

All-time low

−43°FJan 30, 1951

Warmest night

78°FJun 22, 1964

Coldest day

−4°FJan 16, 1972

Wettest day

6.10 inJun 13, 2008

Snowiest day

14.0 inJan 1, 1985

Hottest year

2024mean 47.3°F

Coldest year

1989mean 40.3°F

Wettest year

198547.27 in

Driest year

195523.01 in

Station Cadillac (USW00014817), 1,295 ft elevation, 20.8 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 96.8% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00014817.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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