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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ladoga, IN

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

5 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Ladoga, Indiana since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 100 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
5

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
100

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
6

36 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Ladoga

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Ladoga, Indiana, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2008IkeSep 1434 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1941Unnamed 1941 stormSep 2547 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 3
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 358 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 2149 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 2914 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1

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

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s19
  • 2000s15
  • 1990s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s12(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s16(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s7(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Ladoga, Indiana
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 11, 1965F49 mi45.7 mi28 / 123
Apr 9, 1953F324 mi156.7 mi3 / 22
Jun 2, 1980F31 mi18.1 mi1 / 16
Nov 22, 1992F34 mi12 mi0 / 1
Jun 25, 1978F323 mi27.4 mi0 / 0
Mar 11, 1962F321 mi3 mi0 / 0
May 13, 1995F25 mi14 mi3 / 10
Jun 2, 1990F29 mi3.5 mi1 / 6
Mar 31, 2023EF218 mi10.55 mi0 / 0
Aug 24, 2016EF27 mi5.37 mi0 / 0
Nov 17, 2013EF216 mi3.67 mi0 / 2
Jun 2, 1990F28 mi10 mi0 / 12

The strongest 12 of 100, 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 Ladoga 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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