Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2008

1,569 events in 173 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,569
Deaths
16
Injuries
21
Damage
$1.7 billion
Episodes
173

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 Wind53312$3.8 million
Hail34603$65 million
Winter Storm24310$819 million
High Wind15979$773 million
Flood10110$1.7 million
Winter Weather6310
Flash Flood3931$6.0 million
Ice Storm2600
Heavy Snow2000$625,000
Tornado1506$4.9 million
Lake-Effect Snow1200$1.9 million
Strong Wind600$75,000
Lightning210
Heavy Rain200
Dust Devil100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110

Every episode, month by month

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December 2008

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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.