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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cadiz, OH

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

8 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Cadiz, Ohio since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 32 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
8

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
32

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Cadiz

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Cadiz, Ohio, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2012SandyOct 3167 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
2003IsabelSep 1952 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 5
1995OpalOct 662 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
1989HugoSep 222 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 5
1979FredericSep 1441 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1957AudreyJun 2960 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1915Unnamed 1915 stormOct 148 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2157 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 3

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

By decade

  • 2020s9
  • 2010s6
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s1
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Cadiz, Ohio
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 8, 1969F311 mi2 mi1 / 14
May 7, 2024EF225 mi15.32 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF25 mi2.73 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF220 mi6.16 mi0 / 0
May 23, 2000F26 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jul 13, 1971F221 mi2 mi0 / 5
Jul 22, 1958F223 mi9.5 mi0 / 3
Apr 27, 1954F27 mi1 mi0 / 1
Aug 12, 2023EF111 mi1.59 mi0 / 0
Oct 21, 2021EF116 mi7.86 mi0 / 0
Oct 21, 2021EF111 mi0.43 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF116 mi2.31 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 32, 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 Cadiz 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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