Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2022

1,565 events in 168 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Ohio

The year

Events
1,565
Deaths
9
Injuries
79
Damage
$20 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 Wind70801$2.1 million
Winter Storm17800
Flood17300$435,000
Winter Weather14900
Hail11900$1.9 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6900$23,000
Flash Flood3700$3.5 million
Tornado3315$12 million
High Wind2100
Heavy Snow2000
Ice Storm1500$1,000
Strong Wind1100
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Lake-Effect Snow800
Blizzard7873
Heavy Rain300
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning100

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.