Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 1971

81 events in 30 episodes

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

Open the live radar over Ohio

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind5300
Tornado15017$6.0 million
Hail1300

Every episode, month by month

February 1971

March 1971

April 1971

May 1971

June 1971

July 1971

August 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.