Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2023

1,099 events in 128 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2023, 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 2023 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
1,099
Deaths
4
Injuries
13
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
128

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 Wind62100$718,000
Hail14712$537,000
Tornado6229$12 million
Flood6000$204,000
Flash Flood6002$15 million
Winter Weather5200
High Wind4910$51,000
Winter Storm1300
Lake-Effect Snow800
Excessive Heat800
Heavy Snow700
Strong Wind600
Funnel Cloud300
Lightning200$20,000
Rip Current100

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

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April 2023

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June 2023

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November 2023

December 2023

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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.