Tornado History Map

Fairfield County, Ohio tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Fairfield County from 1958 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Fairfield County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Fairfield County, Ohio between 1958 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 22 May 1958. The most recent was on 28 February 2024.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 34injuries
  • 496per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Fairfield County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01040%
F1 / EF11248%
F2 / EF2312%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Fairfield County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2010s.1950s11960s31970s31980s21990s12000s42010s72020s4

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s3
1970s3
1980s2
1990s1
2000s4
2010s7
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Sep.Jan0Feb2Mar1Apr4May3Jun4Jul2Aug0Sep7Oct0Nov0Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr4
May3
Jun4
Jul2
Aug0
Sep7
Oct0
Nov0
Dec2

Records for Fairfield County

  • Strongest: Ohio tornado22 May 1958, F2, 3 injuries, 9 miles long
  • Longest path: Ohio tornado11 April 1965, F1, 13 injuries, 38.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Ohio tornado28 February 2024, EF0, 5.7 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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