Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2021

1,072 events in 142 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,072
Deaths
8
Injuries
12
Damage
$9.5 million
Episodes
142

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 Wind43610$471,000
Winter Weather214010$1.1 million
Flood9401$346,000
Winter Storm8600$50,000
High Wind7600$434,000
Flash Flood5500$2.3 million
Hail5100$2,000
Tornado3301$4.7 million
Strong Wind1400$8,000
Heavy Snow600$20,000
Heavy Rain300
Lake-Effect Snow200
Cold/Wind Chill170
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

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May 2021

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September 2021

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December 2021

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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.