Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2017

1,473 events in 193 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,473
Deaths
2
Injuries
19
Damage
$72 million
Episodes
193

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 Wind61813$2.8 million
Hail22811$1.5 million
Winter Weather21900
Flash Flood16504$19 million
Flood13100$1.0 million
Tornado44010$43 million
High Wind3600$656,000
Lake-Effect Snow1200$2.6 million
Winter Storm700$950,000
Strong Wind501$11,000
Lightning400
Heavy Rain200
Funnel Cloud200

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.