Ohio

Storm History: Jackson County, Ohio

343 episodes, 439 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson County, Ohio: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
439
Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Damage
$22 million
Episodes
343

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Flash Flood8400$14 million
Thunderstorm Wind6904$2.2 million
Hail6100$647,000
Tornado3300$3.5 million
Heavy Snow2800
Flood2600$445,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900$2,000
Winter Storm1810$10,000
Winter Weather1700
Drought1500
High Wind1400$28,000
Strong Wind1200$100,000
Heat1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000$100,000
Heavy Rain800$15,000
Excessive Heat800
Ice Storm300$750,000
Frost/Freeze300
Funnel Cloud100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson County since 1986Every county in Ohio

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.