Marysville

Population 30,190 (2025)

68 tornadoes have tracked within 25 miles of Marysville since 1950, 4 of them rated EF3 or F3 or stronger; the most recent was on December 29, 2024.

Hazard fingerprint for Marysville Tornado: 36th percentile. Tropical: 0th percentile. Wildfire: 0th percentile. Flood: 70th percentile. Hail & wind: 50th percentile. Heat: 33th percentile. Cold: 22th percentile. Winter: 76th percentile. TORTROPFIREFLOODSEVEREHEATCOLDWINTER

Hazard fingerprint Each spoke is this county’s percentile among U.S. counties where that hazard occurs. How it is computed

2026
  • Tornado damage paths within 25 miles since 195068

At a glance

Tornado paths within 25 miles, tropical cyclone tracks within 100 miles and wildfire perimeters within 25 miles of the city centre. Storm events, flood insurance claims and disaster declarations are for Union County. Earthquakes within 50 miles, volcanoes within 100 miles and smoke days are measured from the city centre; river and tide gauges, tsunami and landslide records and the drought index are for Union County.

Flood insurance claims

56

Union County

$430,000 paid since 1979

Details

Tornadoes since 1950, within 25 mi

68

4 rated F3/EF3 or stronger

Details

Strongest tornado

F5

April 3, 1974, 31.3 mile path

Federal disaster declarations

13

Most recent: Tornadoes, 2024

Details

Record high

109°F

July 14, 1936

Details

Record low

−23°F

January 10, 1982

Details

Snowiest season

50.8in

Winter of 1935-36

Costliest event since 1996

$5.5M

High Wind, September 14, 2008

Details

Tornadoes

About one every 1.1 years since 1950, 4 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.

Strongest

April 3, 1974

F5, 31.3 mile path

533 yards wide; 36 killed along the whole path.

Most recent

Sunday, December 29, 2024

EF0, 0.3 mile path

2 years ago.

Tornadoes by decade, within 25 miles Doppler radar era² 1950s: 5 5 1960s: 9 9 1970s: 16 16 1980s: 7 7 1990s: 5 5 2000s: 4 4 2010s: 9 9 2020s: 13 13 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
Recorded tornadoes per decade. The 2020s are incomplete.
Tornadoes by month J: 0 F: 4 M: 4 A: 11 M: 11 J: 13 13 J: 9 A: 5 S: 5 O: 1 N: 4 D: 1 JFMAMJJASOND
By month of occurrence, all years.

Every recorded tornado

Tornadoes within 25 miles since 1950
Dec 29, 2024EF00.35000
Apr 17, 2024EF03.015000
Mar 14, 2024EF135.460000
Mar 14, 2024EF219.560000
Mar 14, 2024EF331.31,000273
Feb 28, 2024EF13.820000
Feb 28, 2024EF112.325000
Feb 28, 2024EF221.150030
Sep 28, 2023EF00.02500
Jun 8, 2022EF05.715000
Jun 8, 2022EF116.920000
Sep 7, 2020EF03.215000
May 18, 2020EF01.97500
Jul 31, 2018EF00.62000
Nov 5, 2017EF16.620000
Aug 20, 2016EF03.310000
Jun 4, 2016EF00.313500
Jul 27, 2014EF00.15000
Feb 20, 2014EF00.18000
Jun 12, 2013EF00.25000
Sep 16, 2010EF00.110000
Jun 6, 2010EF03.410000
May 11, 2008EF01.82000
Jul 11, 2006F01.02000
Nov 10, 2002F10.520000
Nov 10, 2002F39.030020
Apr 9, 1999F10.522000
Jul 2, 1997F00.210000
Jul 18, 1993F12.01300
Aug 27, 1992F01.05000
Jul 16, 1992F00.15000
Jun 10, 1986F115.07300
Apr 20, 1986F13.52760
May 31, 1985F10.55000
Aug 7, 1984F11.05000
Apr 3, 1982F13.05010
Jun 21, 1981F11.910030
Jun 13, 1981F00.510000
Aug 8, 1979F21.25000
Apr 19, 1978F19.51000
Sep 11, 1975F10.21000
Apr 3, 1974F215.718000
Apr 3, 1974F531.35331,15036
Jul 26, 1973F11.01710
Jun 28, 1973F00.316700
Jun 19, 1973F00.310010
May 30, 1973F22.01710
May 25, 1973F20.113300
May 10, 1973F389.630080
May 8, 1973F217.36700
May 6, 1971F27.415030
May 14, 1970F23.035000
May 13, 1970F11.020000
Apr 2, 1970F22.044000
May 10, 1969F11.016000
Jul 10, 1966F12.015000
Nov 16, 1965F20.21040
Apr 11, 1965F222.2400624
Mar 8, 1964F10.11000
Sep 12, 1963F10.11000
Apr 19, 1963F10.11000
Jul 28, 1961F01.050000
Aug 21, 1960F24.588000
Jun 13, 1958F25.11000
Apr 28, 1958F10.11000
Jun 11, 1957F10.11000
Oct 11, 1954F10.16700
Jun 26, 1954F00.11000
  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.

Hurricanes and tropical storms

No tropical storm or hurricane has tracked within 100 miles since records began in 1851.

Wildfire and smoke

No large wildfire has been mapped within 25 miles since satellite mapping began in 1984.

Smoke overhead

Smokiest year

2023: 56 days

Heavy smoke on 14 days in 2023, the most of any year.

Last 10 years

16.9 days a year

Medium or heavy smoke, 2016 to 2025.

2025

13 days

Medium or heavy smoke. 35 so far in 2026.

Days with medium or heavy smoke overhead, by year 2011: 5 2012: 3 2013: 4 2014: 9 2015: 9 2016: 1 2017: 5 2018: 8 2019: 8 2020: 11 2021: 36 2022: 14 2023: 56 56 2024: 17 2025: 13 201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Days each year on which a satellite-traced plume of medium or heavy smoke covered the city centre, 2011 to 2025.
  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.

Floods and flood insurance

56 federal flood insurance claims since 1979, with $430,000 paid.

Flood insurance figures are for Union County, the county that contains Marysville.

Federal flood insurance claims by year 1997: 16 16 2015: 6 1997
Claims per year since 1979. Years with fewer than five claims are not shown.

Most claims in one year

1997: 16 claims

$190,000 paid.

2nd most

2015: 6 claims

$68,000 paid.

Claims by ZIP code

Flood insurance claims by ZIP code
4304023$129,000
4334420$158,000
430649$99,000

Flood events since 1996

  • Flood44
  • Flash Flood15
  • Heavy Rain2

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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

Drought

In severe drought or worse for 108 of 1,581 months since 1895 (7%); the longest spell lasted 18 months.

The drought index is for Union County, the county that contains Marysville.

108

Months in severe drought or worse since 1895

51

Months in extreme drought

7%

Share of all months, severe or worse

2

Drought reports to the Weather Service since 1996

Lowest reading

March 1935

−7.21, extreme drought

Longest severe spell

18 months

December 1900 to May 1902.

Latest month

September 2026

+3.61, very wet

Last severe month: April 2026.

Months in severe drought or worse, by year 1895: 5 1896: 0 1897: 0 1898: 0 1899: 2 1900: 3 1901: 12 12 1902: 5 1903: 0 1904: 0 1905: 0 1906: 0 1907: 0 1908: 1 1909: 1 1910: 0 1911: 0 1912: 0 1913: 0 1914: 0 1915: 0 1916: 0 1917: 0 1918: 0 1919: 0 1920: 0 1921: 0 1922: 0 1923: 0 1924: 0 1925: 0 1926: 0 1927: 0 1928: 0 1929: 0 1930: 2 1931: 6 1932: 0 1933: 0 1934: 11 1935: 4 1936: 0 1937: 0 1938: 0 1939: 0 1940: 0 1941: 0 1942: 0 1943: 0 1944: 6 1945: 2 1946: 0 1947: 0 1948: 0 1949: 0 1950: 0 1951: 0 1952: 0 1953: 4 1954: 8 1955: 0 1956: 0 1957: 0 1958: 0 1959: 0 1960: 1 1961: 1 1962: 0 1963: 4 1964: 5 1965: 2 1966: 0 1967: 0 1968: 0 1969: 0 1970: 0 1971: 0 1972: 0 1973: 0 1974: 0 1975: 0 1976: 0 1977: 0 1978: 0 1979: 0 1980: 0 1981: 0 1982: 0 1983: 0 1984: 0 1985: 0 1986: 0 1987: 0 1988: 4 1989: 0 1990: 0 1991: 5 1992: 3 1993: 0 1994: 0 1995: 0 1996: 0 1997: 0 1998: 0 1999: 4 2000: 3 2001: 0 2002: 0 2003: 0 2004: 0 2005: 0 2006: 0 2007: 0 2008: 0 2009: 0 2010: 0 2011: 0 2012: 1 2013: 0 2014: 0 2015: 0 2016: 0 2017: 0 2018: 0 2019: 0 2020: 0 2021: 0 2022: 0 2023: 0 2024: 0 2025: 0 18951905191519251935194519551965197519851995200520152025
Months each year with a Palmer index of −3 or lower, 1895 to 2025. Twelve means the whole year.
  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.

Earthquakes and landslides

1 earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or more within 50 miles since 2023; none reached magnitude 4.

0

Magnitude 3+ within 50 miles since 1973

0

Magnitude 4+ within 50 miles since 1900

0

Magnitude 5+ within 50 miles since 1900

Largest within 50 miles

December 9, 2023

Magnitude 2.9

5 km W of Jackson Center, Ohio; 42.8 miles away, 4.2 miles deep.

  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.

Mapped landslides

Landslides mapped in Union County.

1

Landslides mapped, probable or better

1

With a recorded date

1

Source inventory

Mapped by NASA (1).

  1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

Severe weather and other events

433 events in the National Weather Service record for Union County, 379 of them since 1996.

38

Hail reports, 1 inch or larger

2

Hail, 2 inches or larger

112

Damaging gusts, 58 mph+

118

Winter weather events since 1996

5

Heat events since 1996

4

Cold events since 1996

Largest hail

June 4, 2020

2.00 inches

Strongest measured or estimated gust

June 25, 1971

81 mph

More event types since 1996

Other Storm Events types since 1996
Dense fog and smoke121Oct 25, 2000

Costliest events since 1996

  1. Sep 14, 2008High Wind, Union$5.5 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. Jun 1, 1997Flash Flood$3.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Thunderstorms moved repeatedly over the same areas causing most creeks and streams to overflow their banks and flood county roads. Several residents were evacuated as up to 7.5 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours.

  3. Nov 10, 2002Tornado$500,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The tornado moved into the northwest part of the county from Logan County, tracking northeast across rural areas. Nine homes were damaged, four of which were completely destroyed. Half a dozen barn and sheds were destroyed. A 400-foot metal hi-tension cellular tower was toppled and destroyed and numerous cars were totalled. The worst damage occurred to a modular home along Newton-Perkins Road. Two individuals in the home were severely injured.

  4. Mar 14, 2024Tornado$500,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The tornado developed in far western Union County near Newton Perkins Road and strengthened as it moved east across Lunda and Morse Roads where it caused some roof damage to homes. The tornado quickly strengthened further and affected a number of homes along Evans Road as it crossed State Route 739 and then continued southeast to areas just north of Broadway. Across portions of that corridor, damage was consistent with wind speeds of 115 to 125 mph. One modular home was completely destroyed with its contents thrown downstream nearly a half mile and another home lost a majority of its roof with exterior wall collapse. ||Significant tree damage was observed near Broadway, including…

  5. Jun 13, 2022Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout Union County, including in the Marysville area.

  6. Oct 25, 2000Dense Fog, Union$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A tanker truck hauling 8,600 gallons of gasoline crashed into a car and three other commercial vehicles and exploded. Two people were killed and one injured. The accident occurred in fog that reduced visibility to near zero.

  7. Mar 9, 2002High Wind, Union$75,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A widespread area of high winds blew down trees, power poles, and various other smaller structures and signs. At one time, approximately 100,000 people were without power. One man was killed when his semi tractor overturned, and several others were injured in automobile accidents, and when trees fell on the buildings that they were in. Two people were briefly trapped in a mobile home when a tree fell on it. The hardest hit area was just southwest of Columbus in Grove City where an 84 mph wind was recorded and several structures at the high school were damaged or destroyed.

  8. Jun 6, 2010Tornado$64,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Damage from the tornado consisted of several large tree limbs and trees down. Light structural damage occurred to several homes near State Route 38 and Timberview Drive. This damage included the loss of shingles and siding. The most significant damage occurred to a home along State Route 38 which suffered near total roof loss. Based on the damage, wind speeds were estimated to be around 85 miles per hour.

  9. Nov 10, 2002Tornado$50,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of Boundary and McPeek Roads, causing damage to a barn and the roof of a nearby home.

  10. Jun 29, 1998Flash Flood$50,000
  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.

Weather records

From Marysville, 4.4 miles from the city centre, with records from 1917.

All-time high
109°FJul 14, 1936
All-time low
−23°FJan 10, 1982
Warmest night
79°F3 times, most recently Jul 20, 1980
Coldest day
−9°FJan 20, 1985
Wettest day
4.82 inJun 2, 1997
Snowiest day
16.0 inDec 23, 2004
Hottest year
1998mean 54.9°F
Coldest year
1917mean 47.4°F
Wettest year
201155.43 in
Driest year
199124.08 in
Snowiest season
50.8 in1935-36
Average monthly high and low temperature and precipitation, last 30 years, Marysville 32°F 35° 20° 2.6 Jan 39° 23° 2.5 Feb 51° 31° 3.3 Mar 63° 41° 3.9 Apr 73° 52° 4.6 May 82° 61° 4.6 Jun 85° 64° 4.1 Jul 83° 62° 3.5 Aug 78° 55° 3.4 Sep 66° 44° 2.7 Oct 51° 34° 2.7 Nov 40° 26° 3.1 Dec Precipitation, inches
Average daily high and low by month, and average monthly precipitation, over the last 30 years.
Nights at or below freezing per year 1976: 146 146 1977: 124 1978: 134 1979: 127 1980: 134 1981: 137 1982: 126 1983: 130 1984: 120 1985: 109 1986: 114 1987: 122 1988: 133 1989: 127 1990: 103 1991: 115 1992: 110 1995: 132 1996: 132 1997: 133 1998: 97 1999: 110 2000: 117 2001: 93 2002: 97 2003: 118 2004: 103 2005: 110 2006: 100 2007: 113 2008: 127 2009: 113 2010: 120 2011: 103 2012: 99 2013: 137 2014: 126 2015: 103 2016: 103 2017: 95 2018: 131 2019: 114 2021: 123 2022: 123 2023: 99 2024: 91 2025: 118 19761986199820082018
Nights at or below freezing each complete year, last 50 years. Thirty-year average: 112.0.
Snowfall by winter 1976: 21.0 in 1977: 49.5 in 49.5 1978: 35.3 in 1979: 16.2 in 1980: 20.5 in 1981: 38.2 in 1982: 4.6 in 1983: 37.6 in 1984: 27.8 in 1985: 14.1 in 1986: 10.0 in 1987: 13.0 in 1988: 10.8 in 1989: 21.7 in 1990: 21.6 in 1991: 6.5 in 1992: 17.0 in 1993: 26.1 in 1994: 12.5 in 1995: 36.1 in 1996: 10.0 in 1997: 6.5 in 1998: 25.7 in 1999: 22.3 in 2000: 12.8 in 2001: 10.1 in 2002: 40.4 in 2003: 21.9 in 2004: 32.5 in 2005: 13.3 in 2006: 20.3 in 2007: 42.4 in 2008: 18.0 in 2009: 42.5 in 2020: 28.4 in 2021: 10.0 in 2022: 10.5 in 2023: 9.6 in 2024: 7.5 in 2025: 22.1 in 1976198619962006
Total snowfall each winter (July to June), last 50 winters.

Median first snow

November 29

Earliest: October 19, 1989

Median last snow

March 20

Latest: April 21, 1936

0 of 80 winters had no measurable snow.

Station Marysville (USC00334979), 970 ft elevation, 4.4 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1917 to October 28, 2026; 98.3% 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.

Federal disaster declarations

13 since 1953. The most recent: Tornadoes, May 2, 2024.

Declarations for Union County.

Federal disaster declarations
May 2, 2024TornadoTornadoesMajor disasterDR-4777-OH
Mar 31, 2020BiologicalCovid-19 PandemicMajor disasterDR-4507-OH
Mar 13, 2020BiologicalCovid-19EmergencyEM-3457-OH
Jun 30, 2012Severe StormSevere StormsEmergencyEM-3346-OH
Oct 24, 2008Severe StormSevere Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression IkeMajor disasterDR-1805-OH
Apr 24, 2008SnowstormRecord Snow and Near Record SnowEmergencyEM-3286-OH
Sep 13, 2005HurricaneHurricane Katrina EvacuationEmergencyEM-3250-OH
Feb 15, 2005Severe StormSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, and MudslidesMajor disasterDR-1580-OH
Jan 11, 2005SnowstormSnowEmergencyEM-3198-OH
Sep 19, 2004Severe StormSevere Storms and FloodingMajor disasterDR-1556-OH
Mar 14, 2003Severe StormSevere Winter Storm and Record/Near Record SnowMajor disasterDR-1453-OH
Nov 18, 2002Severe StormSevere Storms and TornadoesMajor disasterDR-1444-OH
Jan 26, 1978SnowstormBlizzards & SnowstormsEmergencyEM-3055-OH

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

Sources and vintage

Every number on this page comes from these public records.

  • 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 USC00334979.
  • 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.
  • Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
  • Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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