NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Germantown, 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
2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Germantown, Ohio since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1915. Since 1950, 115 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 2
- Tornadoes
- 115
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
44 deaths in all
What the records show for Germantown
None of the 2 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Germantown; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1892, a tropical storm with 53 mph winds when its centre passed 14 miles away. The record near Germantown begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was an unnamed storm in 1915, a tropical storm 46 miles away. Of the 605 Ohio cities on this site, 98% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Germantown. The strongest of the 115 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 3, 1974; its path came within 18 miles, and it killed 36 people. Of the 115, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 60 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 37. The most recent tornado was on April 2, 2025. Germantown has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 93% of the 605 Ohio cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 93 times since 1979, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Germantown has more hail reports within 10 miles than 64% of the 605 Ohio cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Germantown
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 21 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 13 | 14 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 Germantown: 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 Germantown
By decade
- 2020s23
- 2010s29(3 EF3+)
- 2000s8(1 EF3+)
- 1990s16(3 EF3+)
- 1980s9
- 1970s15(2 EF3+)
- 1960s9(3 EF3+)
- 1950s6
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1974 | F5 | 18 mi | 31.3 mi | 36 / 1150 |
| Apr 9, 1999 | F4 | 24 mi | 10 mi | 4 / 65 |
| Apr 3, 1974 | F4 | 15 mi | 19.8 mi | 2 / 39 |
| Sep 20, 2000 | F4 | 21 mi | 9 mi | 1 / 100 |
| May 27, 2019 | EF4 | 12 mi | 18.17 mi | 0 / 166 |
| Jun 2, 1990 | F4 | 19 mi | 33 mi | 0 / 37 |
| Apr 25, 1961 | F4 | 15 mi | 63.1 mi | 0 / 7 |
| May 27, 2019 | EF3 | 17 mi | 9.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 2019 | EF3 | 24 mi | 10.49 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 22, 1992 | F3 | 22 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 21 |
| May 10, 1969 | F3 | 13 mi | 54.5 mi | 0 / 25 |
| May 8, 1969 | F3 | 14 mi | 1.9 mi | 0 / 25 |
The strongest 12 of 115, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Germantown
The Storm Prediction Center has 93 hail reports within 10 miles of Germantown since 1979, made on 58 separate days. Of these, 45 were 1 inch across or larger, and 7 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on June 30, 1990. The most recent report is from May 16, 2025. April has the most reports, 26.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Germantown
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Franklin, OH, 6 miles southeast of Germantown 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%). Miamisburg, 6 miles east, has its own station (Dayton Wright Bros Airport, OH): 40.9 inches a year, 1.5 less than here, and the same July average high, 86°F.
| 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Germantown
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 218 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Germantown: 172 thunderstorm wind reports, 23 floods, 18 flash floods and 5 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $1.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 23, 2016. June has had the most flash floods, 10 of 18. Of the 597 Ohio cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 393 have had fewer than Germantown.
January 26, 2012: flood 7 miles from the centre of Germantown — 2 injured, $15,000 damage.
May 6, 1999: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Germantown — 1 injured, $13,000 damage.
October 31, 2013: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Germantown — 1 injured, $10,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Germantown's ZIP code 45327 have filed 30 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1989, and were paid $94,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1989: 21 claims (70% of all) and $76,000. 70% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 318 Ohio cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 146 have fewer than Germantown.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1989 | 21 | $76,000 |
Montgomery County, which includes Germantown, 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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