NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Grove City, 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
3 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Grove City, Ohio since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Opal in 1995. Since 1950, 91 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 3
- Tornadoes
- 91
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Grove City
None of the 3 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Grove City; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1892, a tropical storm with 54 mph winds when its centre passed 46 miles away. The record near Grove City begins with an unnamed storm in 1892; the most recent system was Opal in 1995, a tropical storm 20 miles away. Of the 605 Ohio cities on this site, 82% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Grove City. The highest rating among the 91 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on October 13, 1999, came within 20 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on March 10, 1986, killed 1 person. Of the 91, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 40 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 17. The most recent tornado was on March 30, 2025. Grove City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 72% of the 605 Ohio cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 112 times since 1956, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Grove City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 74% of the 605 Ohio cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Grove City
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | OpalOct 5 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 21 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 13 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Grove City: 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 Grove City
By decade
- 2020s16
- 2010s15
- 2000s9
- 1990s6(1 EF3+)
- 1980s11
- 1970s18(3 EF3+)
- 1960s11
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 1999 | F3 | 20 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 6 |
| May 10, 1973 | F3 | 13 mi | 89.6 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Feb 22, 1971 | F3 | 10 mi | 6.8 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Sep 3, 1970 | F3 | 17 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 10, 1986 | F2 | 12 mi | 28 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Feb 28, 2024 | EF2 | 17 mi | 14.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 28, 2024 | EF2 | 17 mi | 21.11 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Oct 11, 2006 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 11, 2006 | F2 | 6 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 2000 | F2 | 21 mi | 21 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 3, 1974 | F2 | 18 mi | 5.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 3, 1974 | F2 | 12 mi | 15.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 91, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Grove City
The Storm Prediction Center has 112 hail reports within 10 miles of Grove City since 1956, made on 70 separate days. Of these, 55 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on August 10, 1984. The most recent report is from April 2, 2025. June has the most reports, 29.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Grove City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Columbus-Valley Crossing, OH, 9 miles east of Grove City at 760 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 19°F. July is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 43.3 inches over 80 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 118 nights a year. That 43.3 inches is more than at 91 of the 129 Ohio stations used on this site (71%). Galloway, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Columbus Wcmh, OH): 44.6 inches a year, 1.3 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 19 | 3.4 | 7 |
| Feb | 43 | 21 | 2.6 | 5 |
| Mar | 52 | 30 | 3.9 | 7 |
| Apr | 65 | 40 | 4.0 | 8 |
| May | 75 | 51 | 4.4 | 8 |
| Jun | 83 | 60 | 3.9 | 7 |
| Jul | 86 | 64 | 4.6 | 7 |
| Aug | 85 | 61 | 3.6 | 6 |
| Sep | 80 | 54 | 3.6 | 6 |
| Oct | 68 | 42 | 2.9 | 5 |
| Nov | 54 | 32 | 3.0 | 7 |
| Dec | 43 | 25 | 3.4 | 6 |
| Year | 64 | 42 | 43.3 | 80 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Columbus-Valley Crossing, OH (760 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 Grove City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 241 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Grove City: 175 thunderstorm wind reports, 45 floods, 19 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 24, and the NWS estimated $2.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on July 10, 2013. Of the 597 Ohio cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 410 have had fewer than Grove City.
August 21, 1997: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Grove City — 15 injured, $50,000 damage.
July 10, 2013: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Grove City — 6 injured, $1.0 million damage.
April 14, 2019: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Grove City — 3 injured, $100,000 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 Grove City's ZIP code 43123 have filed 89 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $520,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1998: 30 claims (34% of all) and $192,000. 35% 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, 259 have fewer than Grove City.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1998 | 30 | $192,000 |
Franklin County, which includes Grove City, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1974, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Landslides, on October 2, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Franklin County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $331.4 million a year, the highest of 88 Ohio counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $209.6 million (63%), 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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