Storms in Ohio in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 165
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 140
- Damage
- $9.8 million
- Episodes
- 35
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 | 92 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 55 | 6 | 140 | $9.8 million |
| Hail | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1973
May 1973
- Tornadoes in Ohio, May 8, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 10, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 25, 1973
- Tornado in Ohio, May 30, 1973
June 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 3, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 5, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes in Ohio, June 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 28, 1973
July 1973
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 5, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 10, 1973
- Tornadoes in Ohio, July 14, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 20, 1973
- Tornadoes in Ohio, July 26, 1973
August 1973
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 9, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 11, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 12, 1973
- Tornado in Ohio, August 14, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 17, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 20, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 30, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 31, 1973
September 1973
October 1973
November 1973
December 1973
More
Every year in OhioEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Ohio in 197319721974
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.