NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Farmersville, 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

2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Farmersville, Ohio since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1915. Since 1950, 121 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 2
Tornadoes: 121
EF3 or stronger: 11

What the records show for Farmersville

None of the 2 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Farmersville; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1892, a tropical storm with 53 mph winds when its centre passed 17 miles away. The record near Farmersville begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was an unnamed storm in 1915, a tropical storm 41 miles away. Of the 605 Ohio cities on this site, 98% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Farmersville. The strongest of the 121 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 3, 1974; its path came within 20 miles, and it killed 36 people. Of the 121, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 65 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 35. The most recent tornado was on April 2, 2025. Farmersville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 95% of the 605 Ohio cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 71 times since 1966, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Farmersville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 51% of the 605 Ohio cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Farmersville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Farmersville, Ohio, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
1915	Unnamed 1915 stormAug 21	41 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 4
1892	Unnamed 1892 stormSep 13	17 mi	Tropical storm (53 mph)	Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Farmersville: 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 Farmersville

By decade

2020s22
2010s35(3 EF3+)
2000s8(1 EF3+)
1990s14(2 EF3+)
1980s11
1970s17(2 EF3+)
1960s9(3 EF3+)
1950s5

Strongest tornadoes near Farmersville, Ohio
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Apr 3, 1974	F5	20 mi	31.3 mi	36 / 1150
Apr 3, 1974	F4	19 mi	19.8 mi	2 / 39
Sep 20, 2000	F4	24 mi	9 mi	1 / 100
May 27, 2019	EF4	9 mi	18.17 mi	0 / 166
Jun 2, 1990	F4	24 mi	33 mi	0 / 37
Apr 25, 1961	F4	11 mi	63.1 mi	0 / 7
May 27, 2019	EF3	18 mi	9.92 mi	0 / 0
May 27, 2019	EF3	20 mi	10.49 mi	0 / 1
Nov 22, 1992	F3	18 mi	20 mi	0 / 21
May 10, 1969	F3	18 mi	54.5 mi	0 / 25
May 8, 1969	F3	16 mi	1.9 mi	0 / 25
May 4, 1990	F2	13 mi	0.2 mi	1 / 5

The strongest 12 of 121, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Farmersville

The Storm Prediction Center has 71 hail reports within 10 miles of Farmersville since 1966, made on 44 separate days. Of these, 38 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on May 25, 2011. The most recent report is from April 29, 2025. April has the most reports, 21.

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

Weather by month in Farmersville

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Franklin, OH, 11 miles southeast of Farmersville at 679 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 20°F. April is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.5 inches; the year adds up to 42.4 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 22 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 120 nights a year. That 42.4 inches is more than at 76 of the 129 Ohio stations used on this site (59%). New Lebanon, 4 miles north, has its own station (Dayton Mcd, OH): 41.6 inches a year, 0.8 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Franklin, OH
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	38	20	3.3	6
Feb	42	22	2.5	5
Mar	52	30	3.5	7
Apr	65	39	4.6	8
May	74	51	4.4	9
Jun	82	60	4.5	8
Jul	86	64	4.3	7
Aug	85	61	2.9	5
Sep	79	53	2.9	5
Oct	67	41	3.2	6
Nov	53	32	3.0	6
Dec	43	26	3.3	6
Year	64	42	42.4	78

Averages for 1991–2020 at Franklin, OH (679 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.

Ohio weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Farmersville

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 151 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Farmersville: 118 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 flash floods, 15 floods and 3 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on July 9, 1999. Of the 597 Ohio cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 339 have had fewer than Farmersville.

January 26, 2012: flood 9 miles from the centre of Farmersville — 2 injured, $15,000 damage.
September 20, 2000: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Farmersville — $450,000 damage.
June 16, 2018: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Farmersville — $125,000 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

Montgomery County, which includes Farmersville, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1968, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 2 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 31, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Montgomery County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $119.2 million a year, the 5th highest of 88 Ohio counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $79.6 million (67%), 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).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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