Storms in Ohio in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 303
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 47
- Damage
- $28 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 215 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hail | 61 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 27 | 3 | 43 | $28 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
May 1986
- Hail in Ohio, May 5, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 7, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 17, 1986
June 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 4, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 7, 1986
- Tornadoes in Ohio, June 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 20, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 22, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 27, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 11, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 12, 1986
- Hail in Ohio, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 25, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 28, 1986
August 1986
- Hail in Ohio, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 7, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 26, 1986
September 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 2, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 11, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 12, 1986
- Tornado in Ohio, September 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 27, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 28, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 30, 1986
October 1986
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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.