Storms in Ohio in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 362
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 52
- Damage
- $54 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 | 247 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 10 | 2 | 52 | $54 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1983
April 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 2, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 14, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 27, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 28, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 30, 1983
May 1983
June 1983
- Hail in Ohio, June 10, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 16, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 27, 1983
- Tornado in Ohio, June 30, 1983
July 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 3, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 15, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 18, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 31, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 9, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 21, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 28, 1983
September 1983
October 1983
More
Every year in OhioEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Ohio in 198319821984
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.