Hail in Ohio
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Ohio, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in Ohio.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 9,155
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $958 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 31, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, May 27 to 28, 2019Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours along a warm front lifting slowly north across the region. Many of the thunderstorms produced tornadoes, including a few strong to violent tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 10, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 9, 1999After touching down on the north shore of the Ohio River, the tornado destroyed a house, pulled a metal roof from a garage, and downed several trees.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 2, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, March 2, 2012Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in a high wind shear environment ahead of a strengthening low pressure system. Many of these storms became severe, with large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes all being the main threats.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Ohio, March 14, 2024Thunderstorms developed in an unseasonably warm and humid airmass ahead of an approaching cold front.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, March 10, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, November 22, 1992
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 24, 1999Several trees downed in Medina.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, February 18, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 10, 1969
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, September 6, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 3, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, September 16, 2010A cold front, in tandem with strong mid and upper level forcing, produced a severe weather outbreak in southeast Ohio into extreme western West Virginia during the late afternoon and evening of Thursday the 16th.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998The second night of thunderstorms hit during Saturday night the 27th, into Sunday morning, the 28th. Portions of Athens, Washington, and Meigs Counties were hit hard by flooding from this round. The third night of thunderstorms was on Sunday the 28th into Monday the 29th.
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, September 29, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 4, 2010A very unstable air mass was in place with temperatures in the 90s and dew points in the upper 70s. While forcing was weak, there was enough lift ahead of a mid-level impulse to spark widespread convection in the form of a mesoscale convective system.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 30, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 21 to 22, 2006Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down.
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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.