Storms in Ohio in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 81
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $6.0 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 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 0 | 17 | $6.0 million |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1971
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, February 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, February 22, 1971
- Tornado in Ohio, February 26, 1971
March 1971
April 1971
May 1971
- Tornado in Ohio, May 6, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 16, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1971
June 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 2, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 7, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 20, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 25, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 28, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 9, 1971
- Tornado in Ohio, July 13, 1971
- Hail in Ohio, July 15, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 23, 1971
- Tornado in Ohio, July 24, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 1971
August 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 10, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 21, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 22, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 25, 1971
September 1971
October 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in OhioEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Ohio in 197119701972
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.