145
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$2.1M
Property damage
Hail in Wood County, Ohio: 145 recorded events between 1966 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #963 nationally and #16 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Wood County, Ohio: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Wood County is the 2010s, when 59 of the county's 145 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Wood County archive, hail makes up 28.3% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #963 for this hazard and #16 within Ohio, putting it in the 69.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Wood County with 55 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2026 | WOODVILLE GARDENS | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2026 | ROSSFORD | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2023 | NORTH BALTIMORE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Oct 23, 2020 | PORTAGE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | CYGNET | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | PERRYSBURG | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | ROSSFORD | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | BOWLING GREEN | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2017 | PEMBERVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 30, 2017 | NORTH BALTIMORE | 0.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Wood County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Hail as large as softballs and shaped at times like candy bars fell at Tontogany for approximately ten minutes. Damage was extensive with 160 of the 200 homes in the village sustaining damage. Most of the damage was from broken windows, but over 100 hundred homes had holes knocked into exterior walls by hailstones driven by winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph. Most of this damage occurred on west facing walls. Several dozens cars and eight school buses were caught outside and had windows shattered and metal dented. The local high school had several dozen windows broken. The broken windows allowed heavy thunderstorm rains to seep inside. The rain water damaged and destroyed books, computers and other equipment inside. Outside the school, a press box at an athletic field was damaged and a chimney toppled. Valuable stained glass windows in a local church were also broken. Four trucks from the local fire department were caught outside and suffered extensive damage. Several large wheat fields near the village were shredded with a near 100 percent crop loss.
Hail to tennis ball size fell for several minutes and accumulated on the ground to a depth of over six inches at some locations. The hail plugged many storm sewers causing water to back up into the basements of several homes. Dozens of vehicles and many homes were damaged and hundreds of trees were completely stripped of leaves.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Wood County, Ohio?
145 hail events are recorded in Wood County between 1966 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Wood County?
The strongest hail on record in Wood County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Wood County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Wood County, Ohio.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/ohio/wood-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.