![Michigan Weather Is Getting Weirder- 5 Things You Thought You’d Never See](http://townsquare.media/site/904/files/2018/01/weather-collage.jpg?w=630&h=516&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Michigan Weather Is Getting Weirder- 5 Things You Thought You’d Never See
Meteorites, earthquakes, and bombogenesis, oh my. Do you think Mother Nature is trying to tell us something? These 5 weird weather-related events are odd things we never thought we'd see in Michigan.
When a meteorite streaked across the sky on January 16, Michiganders freaked out a little. I mean, Michigan weather can be unpredictable, but we're not used to things falling out of the sky. That meteorite is not the strangest phenomenon to hit Michigan; recall these 5 incredibly uncommon weather-related occurrences we almost never see in the Great Lakes State.
- 1
Michigan Meteor
Some thought it was lightning, at first. An explosion in the sky in January 2018 was actually a meteor streaking across the Michigan landscape.
- Tomislav Zivkovic
Tomislav Zivkovic 2The Great Earthquake of 2015
O.K., so the earthquake wasn't so mighty, measuring a mere 4.2 on the Richter scale, but most people who felt it on May 2, 2015, remember it because we've never felt anything like it in the Mitten.
- Getty Images
Getty Images 3Bombogenesis
We learned about bombogenesis in October of 2017 as an October storm cause temperatures to plummet and waves to rise as high a 30' driven by 70+ mph winds.
- Ig0rZh
Ig0rZh 4Snow Tornado
It sounds like the latest low-budget Sy-Fy movie but a snow tornado actually developed over Lake Michigan near Traverse City in December of 2017.
- Getty Images
Getty Images 5The Eclipse
Not limited to Michigan and much more pronounced in other parts of the country, an eclipse is still a once-in-a-lifetime weird weather-related event.
More From 107.7 WRKR-FM
![Because We Live in Michigan, Ice Racing is a Thing](http://townsquare.media/site/904/files/2018/01/Ice-Racing-AMA-Pro-Racing-via-YouTube.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![A Look Back At Motley Crue’s 2005 Show At Van Andel Arena](http://townsquare.media/site/690/files/2018/01/GettyImages-56318010.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![What Exactly Happens on Punk Island in Grand Rapids?](http://townsquare.media/site/904/files/2018/01/punk-island-jackson-island.png?w=980&q=75)
![The Doors, ‘Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970′: DVD Review](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2018/01/doors.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Michigan Law Wants To Stop Dog Breed Ban](http://townsquare.media/site/690/files/2018/01/GettyImages-103200478.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Kid Rock Named Performer For The NHL All Star Game In Tampa](http://townsquare.media/site/690/files/2018/01/GettyImages-464134738.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![‘Concert for George’ Reissued to Honor George Harrison’s Birthday](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2018/01/Concert-for-George-Concord-Music.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The 2018 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair in Bronson Park](http://townsquare.media/site/690/files/2018/01/Pottery-studioportosabbia.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Spinal Tap Bassist Derek Smalls Announces ‘Smalls Change’ Solo LP](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2018/01/Smalls.jpg?w=980&q=75)