Ohio, 2025

Drought in Ohio, October 1 to 31, 2025

October 1 to 31, 2025 · NWS RLX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

The month of October started out with a pocket of moderate to severe drought (D1 to D2) in eastern Washington county, moderate drought (D1) in northwest Perry and northwest Vinton counties, and abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Athens, Jackson, northern Meigs, Morgan, southeast Perry, southeast Vinton, and western Washington Counties. A cold front brought one to two and a half inches of…

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.

The month of October started out with a pocket of moderate to severe drought (D1 to D2) in eastern Washington county, moderate drought (D1) in northwest Perry and northwest Vinton counties, and abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Athens, Jackson, northern Meigs, Morgan, southeast Perry, southeast Vinton, and western Washington Counties.

A cold front brought one to two and a half inches of precipitation across southeast Ohio on October 6th and 7th, allowing conditions to improve to D0 or better in all except a portion of eastern Washington County. Another front ushered rain and storms across the area on the 19th, bringing an end to the last pocket of D1 in Washington County. By the end of the month, only a couple pockets of D0 remained in Perry and Washington Counties while the rest of southeast Ohio was no longer affected by drought.

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Event by event

3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Perry

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Perry forecast zone
Reported by
NWS Employee
Coordinates
39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Vinton

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Vinton forecast zone
Reported by
NWS Employee
Coordinates
39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Washington

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
NWS Employee
Coordinates
39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1293932, 1293933, 1293934.