Circleville

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Pickaway County, the county that contains Circleville.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in Pickaway County, the county that contains Circleville.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for Pickaway County, the county that contains Circleville.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 14, 2008High Wind, Pickaway$6.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour were sustained for several hours. Gusts over 60 mph were common. Widespread damage occurred across the region, from trees being blown down on powerlines, to significant crop losses and structural damage.

2. Oct 13, 1999Tornado$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down west of Circleville, pulling a small shed off of its foundation and destroying a section of a construction building. after this, the tornado lifted and then touched down in a more developed area in town. It destroyed a building housing two businesses and ripped the roof off of a section of a strip mall, ejecting furniture from inside the structure. A large sign weighing several hundred pounds was ripped from its foundation and blown twenty feet away. A tractor trailer with a load of 18 to 19 tons was blown over and dragged ten feet away from where it landed. The tornado then proceeded to a housing development where several homes were destroyed, several roofs…

3. May 28, 2019Tornado$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The beginning of the tornado-related damage was observed on State Route 56, just west of the Salt Creek Elementary School. A property along this stretch of road sustained extensive roof damage in which nearly the entire roof was removed from the structure. Significant debris scatter of lumber and insulation was observed on this property and surrounding properties. Splatter was observed on the southward-facing facade of the structure, with several pieces of lumber forced into the ground of the yard.||At a nearby structure on Kime-Holderman Road, just south of State Route 56, minor siding damage was observed on the north-facing side of the home. Part of the roof of this house was…

4. May 27, 2019Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado is believed to have first touched down just west of Circleville-Kingston Road, along which there was a structure that sustained some minor roof damage close to the intersection with Gay-Dreisbach Road. ||A bit further to the east, at the next north-south oriented road (Gay-Dreisbach Road), several structures sustained more significant damage. In particular, a house had its garage destroyed, with the roof removed completely and placed in the yard. Some structural damage also occurred to the connecting wall to the main house. It was at this location where some of the most severe damage associated with this tornado was observed to have occurred. Damage at this property…

5. Jan 6, 1996Winter Storm, Pickaway$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Blizzard of '96 developed near the Gulf Coast and moved up the East Coast. This massive system produced the greatest total and 24 hour snowfall at Greater Cincinnati\Northern Kentucky airport. This one storm brought 14.3 inches of snowfall to the airport which normally receives 23 inches for an entire season. The heaviest snow fell near the Ohio river in the extreme south. The worst blizzard conditions occurred over West Central areas as dry and powdery snow was blown around by high winds causing whiteouts. Some areas had more than 30 continuous hours of snowfall, and many people in Southern Ohio felt this was the worst winter storm since the Blizzard of '78. In Fayette…

6. Jun 29, 1998Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Over 8 inches of rain fell, of which most fell in less than 6 hourss. Area creeks and streams rose out of their banks. Several homes were inundated causing evacuations and numerous roads were closed.

7. Jul 17, 2022Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The first damage occurred on three separate properties on the west side of Kingston Pike where an RV was flipped on its side and a neighboring house had roof damage. |One injury was reported within the RV. Another property received minor structural damage. The tornado continued east-northeast and caused tree and minor structural damage to properties along Gay-Dreisbach Road and Ludwig-Dresback Road. The maximum width of the tornado was likely on Ludwig-Dresback Road due to the tree damage observed. Beyond this damage, accessibility became more challenging and the distance between damage points increased. The tornado may have lifted several times throughout the remainder of the…

8. Feb 28, 2024Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The first known damage from this tornado occurred south of Carson Road, where several trees were damaged and some of the debris was blown onto southbound Interstate 71.||Additional damage was found further east on Carson Road, where roof damage occurred to some homes and a stand of trees had a notable but narrow path of damage. More tree damage was located on the southwest side of Harrisburg, along Harrisburg Road and U.S. Route 62. Finally, some trees and tree branches were downed on Ohio State Route 762, just south of U.S. Route 62.

9. Aug 28, 2006Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down along State Route 361, causing damage to three buildings at the Pickaway Machine and Fabricating Company. Portions of the aluminum roofing and insulation were removed from these three buildings, and deposited throughout the complex and in a cornfield across Route 361. Corn stalks at six to eight feet in height were knocked over in a 150 foot wide swath across this cornfield, extending for a mile to the northeast to Boggs Road. Across Boggs Road, minor tree and limb damage occurred, with part of an open air aluminum shed being blown into a nearby tree line.

10. Oct 16, 2021Tornado$200,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The tornado first touched down near a residence along Wolfe Road. The damage at this residence was significant, with the entire roof lifted off this two story home and thrown nearly 400 yards, damaging a truck on a property on the other side of Wolfe Road. Siding was also removed from this property and numerous hardwood trees were snapped or knocked down. Roof and siding damage was also observed on the property on the other side of Wolfe Road. Maximum winds along Wolfe Road were likely upward of 110 mph.||The tornado likely weakened further east as it crossed Boggs Road, but roof from a metal shed on Boggs Road was noted in a nearby field. East of there, no additional tornado…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

109°F2 times, most recently Jul 14, 1936

All-time low

−23°FJan 13, 1912

Warmest night

82°FJul 15, 1936

Coldest day

−9°FJan 21, 1985

Wettest day

5.28 inJul 14, 1947

Snowiest day

13.0 inFeb 17, 1910

Hottest year

1933mean 56.3°F

Coldest year

1917mean 50.4°F

Wettest year

201856.82 in

Driest year

198724.19 in

Snowiest season

47.2 in1977-78

Station Circleville (USC00331592), 675 ft elevation, 1.4 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1894 to October 28, 2026; 96.9% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Pickaway County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00331592.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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