Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2015

1,416 events in 158 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,416
Deaths
6
Injuries
9
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
158

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 Wind53602$1.9 million
Winter Weather25210
Hail16501$1.2 million
Flood11620$12 million
Winter Storm7600$5.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7400$100,000
Flash Flood7233$17 million
Cold/Wind Chill4100
Heavy Snow3800
Heavy Rain2300
Tornado702$1.2 million
High Wind600$200,000
Lightning301
Funnel Cloud300
Strong Wind300$15,000
Lake-Effect Snow100$50,000

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.