Tornado History Map

Ionia County, Michigan tornado history

32 tornadoes recorded in or across Ionia County from 1951 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Ionia County

The Storm Prediction Center records 32 tornadoes whose paths touched Ionia County, Michigan between 1951 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 23 April 1968. The most recent was on 15 May 2025.

  • 32tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 27injuries
  • 560per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Ionia County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01238%
F1 / EF11134%
F2 / EF2825%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ionia County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1990s.1950s21960s51970s21980s41990s72000s22010s52020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s2
1980s4
1990s7
2000s2
2010s5
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar3Apr4May5Jun9Jul3Aug4Sep3Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr4
May5
Jun9
Jul3
Aug4
Sep3
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Ionia County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Michigan tornado23 April 1968, F3, 11 injuries, 60.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Michigan tornado15 May 2025, EF1, 14.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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