Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2013

1,767 events in 189 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2013, 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 2013 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

Open the live radar over Ohio

The year

Events
1,767
Deaths
4
Injuries
69
Damage
$75 million
Episodes
189

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 Wind83800$2.5 million
Hail28900$2.0 million
Winter Weather233141$4.2 million
Flash Flood13016$9.4 million
Flood9200$133,000
Winter Storm8800$1.6 million
Tornado37113$53 million
Heavy Rain3000$3,000
Heavy Snow1200$675,000
Ice Storm600$285,000
Lake-Effect Snow300$825,000
High Wind300
Lightning200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dense Fog119
Funnel Cloud100
Strong Wind100

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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November 2013

December 2013

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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.