Geauga County, Ohio tornado history

19 tornadoes recorded in or across Geauga County from 1959 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Geauga County

The Storm Prediction Center records 19 tornadoes whose paths touched Geauga County, Ohio between 1959 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 22 June 1985. The most recent was on 12 August 2025.

  • 19tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 475per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Geauga County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0421%
F1 / EF11158%
F2 / EF2421%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Geauga County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1990s.1950s11960s11970s21980s11990s52010s42020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s2
1980s1
1990s5
2010s4
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr0May3Jun2Jul2Aug7Sep3Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May3
Jun2
Jul2
Aug7
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Geauga County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Ohio tornado22 June 1985, F2, 2 injuries, 33.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Ohio tornado12 August 2025, EF0, 0.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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