Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2016

1,051 events in 168 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2016, 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 2016 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
1,051
Deaths
2
Injuries
4
Damage
$21 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 Wind38100$855,000
Winter Weather24100$75,000
Hail13404$3.4 million
Flash Flood8400$4.4 million
Winter Storm4300$2.9 million
High Wind3300$113,000
Heavy Snow2800$1.1 million
Tornado2600$2.7 million
Flood2400$115,000
Strong Wind2300$461,000
Lake-Effect Snow2100$5.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill700
Heavy Rain510$20,000
Lightning110

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.