Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2020

1,820 events in 182 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2020, 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 2020 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
1,820
Deaths
7
Injuries
6
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
182

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 Wind90023$2.4 million
Winter Weather26000$100,000
Hail20802$403,000
Flood15310$17 million
Flash Flood11620$3.3 million
High Wind4810$184,000
Winter Storm4300$2.0 million
Lakeshore Flood3000
Tornado2411$3.6 million
Heavy Snow1300
Strong Wind1000
Lake-Effect Snow700$85,000
Heavy Rain400
Debris Flow200
Lightning200

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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July 2020

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November 2020

December 2020

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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.