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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Troy, OH

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

3 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Troy, Ohio since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1915. Since 1950, 112 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
3

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
112

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
10

4 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Troy

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Troy, Ohio, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 2129 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 2957 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1892Unnamed 1892 stormSep 1314 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s18(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s38(3 EF3+)
  • 2000s5
  • 1990s13(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s11
  • 1970s9(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s13(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Troy, Ohio
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 11, 1965F423 mi18.4 mi3 / 50
May 27, 2019EF418 mi18.17 mi0 / 166
Mar 14, 2024EF311 mi41.34 mi1 / 39
May 27, 2019EF319 mi9.92 mi0 / 0
May 27, 2019EF36 mi10.49 mi0 / 1
Nov 22, 1992F319 mi20 mi0 / 21
May 10, 1973F324 mi89.6 mi0 / 8
May 8, 1969F324 mi1.9 mi0 / 25
Jul 28, 1961F316 mi0.5 mi0 / 22
Jul 28, 1961F318 mi20.2 mi0 / 2
Jun 8, 2022EF24 mi13.75 mi0 / 0
May 27, 2019EF212 mi7.57 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 112, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Troy while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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