NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Attica, OH

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated October 26, 2026

4 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Attica, Ohio since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Opal in 1995. Since 1950, 99 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 4
Tornadoes: 99
EF3 or stronger: 5

What the records show for Attica

None of the 4 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Attica; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1892, a tropical storm with 56 mph winds when its centre passed 29 miles away. The record near Attica begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was Opal in 1995, a tropical storm 49 miles away. None of the 4 systems has come since 2000. Of the 605 Ohio cities on this site, 53% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Attica. The strongest of the 99 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on June 8, 1953; its path came within 19 miles, and it killed 17 people. Of the 99, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 43 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 28. The most recent tornado was on August 13, 2025. Attica has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 82% of the 605 Ohio cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 69 times since 1969, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 605 Ohio cities, 51% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Attica.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Attica

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Attica, Ohio, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
1995	OpalOct 6	49 mi	Tropical storm (46 mph)	Category 4
1915	Unnamed 1915 stormAug 21	17 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 4
1902	Unnamed 1902 stormJun 29	13 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 1
1892	Unnamed 1892 stormSep 13	29 mi	Tropical storm (56 mph)	Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Attica: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Attica

By decade

2020s18
2010s18
2000s7(1 EF3+)
1990s11
1980s11
1970s25(2 EF3+)
1960s7(1 EF3+)
1950s2(1 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Attica, Ohio
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Jun 8, 1953	F4	19 mi	118 mi	17 / 379
May 10, 1973	F3	3 mi	50.1 mi	6 / 100
Apr 11, 1965	F3	3 mi	15 mi	4 / 30
Nov 10, 2002	F3	10 mi	21 mi	1 / 2
Jun 2, 1971	F3	20 mi	39.6 mi	0 / 0
Mar 10, 1986	F2	10 mi	8 mi	1 / 10
Mar 14, 2024	EF2	7 mi	10.29 mi	0 / 0
Jun 15, 2023	EF2	13 mi	8.7 mi	0 / 0
Apr 14, 2019	EF2	19 mi	17 mi	0 / 5
Nov 5, 2017	EF2	24 mi	1.09 mi	0 / 0
Nov 5, 2017	EF2	9 mi	0.61 mi	0 / 0
Sep 4, 2017	EF2	19 mi	16.67 mi	0 / 2

The strongest 12 of 99, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Attica

The Storm Prediction Center has 69 hail reports within 10 miles of Attica since 1969, made on 54 separate days. Of these, 31 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on March 14, 2024, the most recent report. June has the most reports, 24.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Attica

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tiffin, OH, 15 miles west of Attica at 740 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 19°F. June is the wettest at 4.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 38.6 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 16 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 123 nights a year. Snowfall averages 29.5 inches a year, most of it in January. That 38.6 inches is more than at 27 of the 129 Ohio stations used on this site (21%). Willard, 8 miles east, has its own station (Norwalk Wwtp, OH): 40.1 inches a year, 1.5 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 84°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Tiffin, OH
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"	Snow in
Jan	33	19	2.6	6	9.4
Feb	36	21	2.2	5	6.8
Mar	47	29	2.7	6	4.9
Apr	60	39	3.8	8	0.6
May	72	50	4.1	8	0.0
Jun	81	60	4.2	7	0.0
Jul	84	64	3.9	7	0.0
Aug	83	62	3.5	6	0.0
Sep	77	54	3.3	6	0.0
Oct	64	43	2.8	6	0.0
Nov	50	33	2.9	6	0.9
Dec	38	25	2.6	6	6.9
Year	60	41	38.6	77	29.5

Averages for 1991–2020 at Tiffin, OH (740 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Attica

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 93 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Attica: 92 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 flash flood. They killed 0 people and injured 6, and the NWS estimated $1.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on January 9, 2008.

August 6, 2000: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Attica — 6 injured, $350,000 damage.
June 18, 2014: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Attica — $250,000 damage.
July 2, 2019: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Attica — $250,000 damage.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Seneca County, which includes Attica, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 severe storms, 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 31, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Seneca County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.2 million a year, the 53rd highest of 88 Ohio counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $10.3 million (64%), is from inland flooding.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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