Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2005

1,140 events in 277 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Ohio in 2005 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

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The year

Events
1,140
Deaths
6
Injuries
13
Damage
$207 million
Episodes
277

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 Wind49101$3.3 million
Flood18721$53 million
Hail16029$2.9 million
Winter Storm15100$12 million
Ice Storm4300$125 million
Flash Flood2820$4.6 million
Heavy Snow2800$1.3 million
Lightning1702$30,000
High Wind1700$410,000
Dense Fog700$150,000
Strong Wind600$68,000
Tornado400$4.2 million
Dust Devil100

Every episode, month by month

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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.