2011 Lake Michigan hurricane season

The 2011 Lake Michigan hurricane season began on June 1, 2011, and will end on November 30, 2011. However, any cyclone that forms between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011 will factor into the season's total.

Season summary
The 2011 season was characterized by many weak, short-lived storms. Aside from Hurricanes Barry and Erin, none of the systems went past 60 mph winds or lasted more than 24 hours. In addition, none of the storms (except Barry) had significant land impact.

Four systems (Andrea, Barry, Dean, and Erin) affected land in some way whatsoever. Andrea and Dean hit Chicago directly, but the damage from these systems only totaled $400,000. Erin brushed the central western coast of Michigan, then hit the Door Peninsula as a moderate extratropical system, causing $100,000 and killing three along its path. Barry had the worst impact. It caused $40.5 billion of damage in Wisconsin, and killed 77 (64 of those happened when it was extratropical).

Tropical Depression One
On July 14, a thunderstorm with an area of closed circulation developed, and was classified as the first tropical depression in Lake Michigan history. However, it would not live long. As Lake Michigan is not a large place for cyclones to form, just 12 hours after the depression first was designated, the depreession was eaten up by a non-tropical thunderstorm.

No land areas were affected by Tropical Depression One.

Subtropical Storm Andrea
(Coming soon!)

Season effects
(Coming soon!)