Storms in Ohio in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1968, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Ohio in 1968 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 104
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 137
- Damage
- $14 million
- Episodes
- 28
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 9 | 137 | $14 million |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1968
May 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 3, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 15, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 16, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 26, 1968
June 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 11, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 20, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 21, 1968
- Tornado in Ohio, June 24, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 25, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 26, 1968
July 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 8, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 10, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 15, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 18, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 22, 1968
August 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 8, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 24, 1968
September 1968
November 1968
December 1968
More
Every year in OhioEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Ohio in 196819671969
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.