Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2018

1,332 events in 210 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,332
Deaths
6
Injuries
4
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
210

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 Wind49101$1.4 million
Flood26511$1.2 million
Winter Weather21340
Hail12200$808,000
Winter Storm8000$3.6 million
Flash Flood6800$4.9 million
Ice Storm2400
Tornado1911$2.7 million
Heavy Rain1500
Strong Wind1401$165,000
Heavy Snow1000$375,000
Lake-Effect Snow600$725,000
High Wind200
Lightning200
Heat100$20,000

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.