Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2012

1,806 events in 168 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,806
Deaths
12
Injuries
26
Damage
$136 million
Episodes
168

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 Wind71211$18 million
Hail50927$33 million
Winter Weather15700
High Wind8600$56 million
Heat6430
Winter Storm6300$1.7 million
Flood4102$338,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3900$15 million
Flash Flood3521$1.9 million
Heavy Rain1800
Tornado15415$9.1 million
Lake-Effect Snow1400$1.2 million
Heavy Snow1300
Strong Wind1200$91,000
Blizzard1200
Cold/Wind Chill700
Ice Storm400
Lightning300
Funnel Cloud200

Every episode, month by month

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December 2012

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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.