Storms in Ohio in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 97
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $1.7 million
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 0 | 17 | $1.7 million |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1970
May 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 12, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 14, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 15, 1970
- Hail in Ohio, May 23, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 24, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 25, 1970
June 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, June 12, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, June 14, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 16, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 17, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 26, 1970
July 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 1970
- Hail in Ohio, July 10, 1970
- Tornado in Ohio, July 15, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 1970
August 1970
September 1970
- Tornadoes in Ohio, September 3, 1970
- Tornado in Ohio, September 8, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 13, 1970
- Tornado in Ohio, September 18, 1970
- Tornadoes in Ohio, September 26, 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in OhioEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Ohio in 197019691971
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.